Pope Leo hosts Bob Dylan at official residence in Rome
Summary
Pope Leo XIV hosted Bob Dylan at the Apostolic Palace in Rome on Wednesday, during Dylan’s Italian tour. The brief meeting included gifts, and Dylan is scheduled to perform in Rome on Thursday.Key Facts
- Dylan and Pope Leo XIV are both from the U.S. Midwest.
- Leo gave Dylan a rosary, and Dylan gave Leo a copy of his autobiography, *Chronicles: Volume One*.
- Dylan, 85, is touring Italy with his *Rough and Rowdy Ways* tour.
- Dylan is scheduled to perform at Rome’s Palazzo dello Sport on Thursday.
- Leo quoted Dylan’s unreleased anti-nuclear song “Go Away You Bomb” in the preface to a book about peace.
- Dylan previously met Pope John Paul II in Bologna in 1997 and performed four songs at an event attended by about 300,000 young people.
- John Paul II quoted Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind” in a sermon at the 1997 event.
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