Bob Dylan meets Pope Leo XIV at Vatican (while wearing a hoodie)

Bob Dylan has met Pope Leo XIV at his official residence at the Vatican. READ MORE: ‘A Complete Unknown’ review: don’t think twice about seeing this brilliant Bob Dylan biopic The Pope presented the legendary singer-songwriter with a rosary at the meeting at the Apostolic Palace. Dylan, who was wearing a black hoodie, also gifted Leo a copy of his autobiography, Chronicles: Volume One. The pair were pictured shaking hands on Instagram with Leo smiling warmly in his usual traditional white robes, while Dylan looked at him intently. “Pope Leo XIV met with American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan in a private audience on Wednesday, November 4,” the caption simply reads. View this post on Instagram According to Vatican News, their meeting was “brief, consisting of greetings and a few lighthearted exchanges.” The visit happened ahead of the singer-songwriter’s scheduled performance later today (November 5) at the Palazzo dello Sport in Rome, one of several Italian stops on his ‘Rough And Rowdy Ways Tour’. Leo has previously referenced Dylan in his own work, quoting his unreleased anti-nuclear song, ‘Go Away You Bomb’, in the preface to a book titled Disarmed And Disarming: Peace Is A Gift. ...