The world-famous American singer and composer visited the Vatican to introduce his book to the Pope. The 85-year-old Nobel Prize in Literature laureate, who is in Italy for his tour, shared a brief moment with Leo XIV. During the audience, the rock legend presented the Pope with his autobiography.
Wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, Dylan received a rosary from the Pope during a brief meeting featuring greetings and a few light-hearted exchanges, according to the official Vatican News website.
Leo XIV, the first American pope, quoted a passage by Bob Dylan in the foreword to his book on peace: “Disarmed and Disarming: Peace Is a Gift.” The passage comes from the anti-war text “Go Away You Bomb,” written in 1963 by the only singer ever to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature (2016).
“I hate you cause you’re man-made and man-owned and man-handled.”
Bob Dylan, whose real name is Robert Zimmerman and who released his first record in 1963, gave the Pope a copy of his autobiography, “Chronicles: Volume One.” No further volumes have yet been published.
