Bob Dylan visits the Vatican for a meeting with Pope Leo
Pope Leo XIV met Bob Dylan in the Vatican on Wednesday. Dylan performed before Pope John Paul II in Bologna in 1997. The singer is currently in Italy for concerts in Rome and Bologna. Dylan won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016.
- Pope Leo XIV met with Bob Dylan in the Vatican on Wednesday.
- Dylan played for Pope John Paul II in 1997 during a concert in Bologna.
- Bob Dylan is currently in Italy for concerts in Rome and Bologna as part of the "Lights of Autumn" tour.
- Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016.
- Bob Dylan gifted Pope Leo XIV a copy of his autobiography, "Crónicas – Vol.1".
- The Vatican stated the encounter with Bob Dylan was brief.
- The Pope gave the singer a rosary.
- The Pope used words from Dylan to discuss peace and nuclear weapons.
- The singer gifted the leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics his autobiography.
- Pope Leo XIV's visit to Argentina is the first in 39 years.
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