# Bob Dylan Meets With Pope Leo XIV in a Private Audience

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/bob-dylan-meets-with-pope-leo-xiv-in-a-private-audience/
- Published: 2026-11-04T19:18:44+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T04:40:12+00:00
- Original publisher: Rolling Stone
- Original article: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bob-dylan-pope-leo-xiv-meet-private-audience-1235652631/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Pope Leo XIV met Bob Dylan in a brief private audience.
- The pope’s book quotes Dylan’s unpublished 1963 anti-bomb song.
- They exchanged a rosary and Dylan’s autobiography.

## Summary

Pope Leo XIV held a brief private audience with Bob Dylan on Wednesday, greeting him and exchanging a few lighthearted remarks. The meeting drew attention to the pope’s interest in music and peace, themes reflected in his writing and public encounters with artists.

Leo’s book, *Disarmed and Disarming: Peace Is a Gift*, quotes Dylan’s unpublished 1963 protest song “Go Away You Bomb” and praises pacifist Dorothy Day. Dylan wrote the song for Izzy Young, who had asked songwriters to address nuclear weapons; its handwritten-corrected lyrics were auctioned by Christie’s in 2013. The pope gave Dylan a rosary, while Dylan presented him with his autobiography, *Chronicles: Volume One*.

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