Pope Leo XIV received American singer and songwriter Bob Dylan at the Vatican on Wednesday, November 4. The private audience took place in the Apostolic Palace in Rome during the Italian leg of Dylan's concert tour. BBC News ↗
Eighty-five-year-old Dylan arrived for the meeting dressed almost entirely in black, including a hooded sweatshirt. The meeting was captured in photographs released by the Vatican. Dylan is also a Nobel Prize laureate in Literature. STVR (Minúta po minúte) ↗
Leo XIV gave the musician a rosary. Dylan presented the Pope with his autobiography. According to available information, it was a brief private meeting with no published agenda or details of their conversation. svet.sme.sk ↗
Dylan, whose real name is Robert Allen Zimmerman, is currently on tour in Italy. The Pope had already spoken publicly about his work before the meeting, quoting his anti-war poem. The musician is among the most prominent figures in American popular music, and his work has influenced several generations of listeners. teraz.sk ↗
The audience brought together the head of the Catholic Church with an artist known for songs such as "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" and other works featuring religious, social, and anti-war themes. No further details about the meeting or any possible cooperation between the Vatican and Dylan have been announced so far. Spiegel.de ↗
Pope Leo XIV receives Bob Dylan at private audience in the Vatican
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Pápež Lev XIV. vo Vatikáne prijal amerického speváka Boba Dylana na audiencii.
STVR (Minúta po minúte)
| 06:45 05.11.
Pápež prijal na audiencii amerického speváka Boba Dylana
teraz.sk
| 05:58 05.11.
Svetoznámy spevák prišiel na stretnutie s pápežom v mikine, od ľudí to schytal: Vyzerá ako zjavenie!
Nový Čas
| 21:58 04.11.
Papst Leo XIV. hat Audienz bei Bob Dylan
Spiegel.de
| 20:15 04.11.
Černá a Bílá. Papež udělil soukromou audienci Bobu Dylanovi
zpravy.aktualne.cz
| 20:07 04.11.
Musiklegende zu Besuch: Mit schwarzer Kapuze: Bob Dylan trifft Papst im Vatikan
Tagesspiegel
| 19:36 04.11.
Pápež sa stretol s americkým spevákom Bobom Dylanom
svet.sme.sk
| 06:41 05.11.
Pope Leo hosts Bob Dylan at official residence in Rome
BBC News
| 03:09 05.11.
Pápež Lev XIV. na súkromnej audiencii prijal amerického hudobníka Boba Dylana.
STVR (Minúta po minúte)
| 22:20 04.11.
Bob Dylan spotkał się z Leonem XIV
TVN24.pl
| 19:46 04.11.
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