Bob Dylan comes knockin' on pope's door as Leo welcomes legend to Vatican
NPR • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Bob Dylan visited Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican during a break between his concert dates in Italy, where the pope gave him a rosary and Dylan presented his autobiography, "Chronicles: Volume One."
- Pope Leo XIV had previously quoted Dylan's unpublished 1963 protest song "Go Away You Bomb" in his 2026 book, highlighting themes against nuclear weapons and rearmament.
- Accompanied by two Vatican officials, Dylan met privately with the pope, reflecting his familiarity with St. Augustine, who inspires Leo's spirituality; Dylan had referenced St. Augustine in his 1967 song "I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine."
- Dylan, a Nobel Prize winner in Literature and a former born-again Christian, has maintained a complex relationship with religion, describing himself recently as a religious person who reads scriptures and prays.
- This was not Dylan’s first papal encounter; he previously performed for Pope John Paul II in 1997, and his visit coincided with his concert tour in Italy, including performances in Milan and Rome.
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