The Pope met with Bob Dylan.
Musician and Nobel laureate for literature Bob Dylan met with Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican.
The Pope presented the musician with a rosary, and Dylan presented the Pope with a copy of his autobiography "Chronicles. First volume". Leo the Fourteenth quoted the lyrics to Dylan's "Get Out You Bomb" in the introduction to his anthology "Neutralized and Disarmed". Peace is a gift", published by the Vatican Press in July 2026.
Dylan, now 85, performed for Pope John Paul II at a concert in Rome in 1997. However, at that time John Paul II, who also quoted Dylan's songs in his sermons, did not give the musician a personal audience.