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Pope León XIV Meets Bob Dylan in Private Vatican Audience

Vatican photos and statements present the brief encounter as a symbolic act in the pope’s outreach to artists and as part of his use of Dylan’s verse to underscore calls against nuclear rearmament.

Bob Dylan saludó al Papa León XIV en el Vaticano
Bob Dylan visita al papa León XIV, quien ya había recurrido a una de sus canciones para hablar de paz. Foto: Vatican News.
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Abel Pintos se prepara para cantarle al papa León XIV en su visita a la Argentina: \"Uno no dimensiona lo que va a ser\".

Overview

  • The Vatican confirmed with photos that Pope León XIV received Bob Dylan in a private audience on Wednesday, November 4, 2026.
  • Vatican News said the meeting was brief and cordial and showed the two sitting in the Apostolic Palace library exchanging greetings.
  • Both men exchanged gifts: the pope gave Dylan a rosary and Dylan presented the pope with his autobiogaphy, Chronicles: Volume One.
  • Jesuit priest Antonio Spadaro accompanied Dylan to the audience and wrote on social media about the emotional and historic feeling of the visit.
  • The encounter follows León XIV’s July citation of Dylan’s unpublished 1963 protest verse to argue against rearmament, and it comes as Dylan is touring Italy and the pope prepares for a mid‑November trip to South America.