# With God on Their Side: Bob Dylan & Pope Leo XIV Commune at the Vatican

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/with-god-on-their-side-bob-dylan-pope-leo-xiv-commune-at-the-vatican/
- Published: 2026-11-04T22:26:05+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T02:42:12+00:00
- Original publisher: Billboard
- Original article: https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/bob-dylan-meets-pope-leo-xiv-vatican-rome-1236374334/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Bob Dylan met Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican.
- The pope gave Dylan a rosary; Dylan gave him his memoir.
- The meeting came a day before Dylan’s Rome concert.

## Summary

Bob Dylan met Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Wednesday in a private audience, bringing together the American singer-songwriter and the first American-born pope. The brief meeting, which included greetings and lighthearted conversation, took place a day before Dylan was due to perform in Rome.

The Vatican shared photographs of the two men talking and shaking hands. The pope gave Dylan a rosary, while Dylan presented him with a copy of his memoir, *Chronicles: Volume One*. Dylan, a 10-time Grammy winner, has had 81 entries on the Billboard 200, including five chart-toppers.

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