Bob Dylan met the Pope. The world talked about Dylan's hood

Nobel Prize-winning American singer and songwriter Bob Dylan visited Pope Leo XIV, who had a lung tumor removed last month, at the Vatican during the Rome leg of his Italian tour.

During the brief meeting between 85-year-old Dylan and the Pope, the Pope presented a rosary to Bob Dylan; Dylan also gave him a signed copy of his autobiography.

Born Robert Allen Zimmerman in Minnesota, USA, Dylan's dressing style during his meeting with the Pope attracted attention.

In the photographs published by Vatican Media after the meeting yesterday, it was seen that the Chicago-born Pope, wearing his traditional white robe, and Dylan, wearing a black hooded cardigan, coat and gloves, shook hands.

This visit was not Dylan's first meeting with a Pope. The famous singer performed in front of Pope John Paul II and approximately 300 thousand young people at a congress held in Bologna in 1997 and sang several songs, including "Knockin' on Heaven's Door", before greeting the Pope on stage.

Bob Dylan was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature. The Nobel Committee announced that Bob Dylan was deemed worthy of the award "for creating a new poetic expression in American song culture."

Meanwhile, Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV, Vatican Head of State and spiritual leader of the Catholic world, voted by mail in the US midterm elections.

Leo XIV, who holds the title of the first US-born pope in history, broke new ground.

The Vatican Press Office announced that Pope Leo XIV voted by mail in the US midterm elections. This was a historic first for the US-born Pope.

In the statement made by the Vatican, it was said: "In accordance with this long-standing tradition of civic participation, he used his vote by mail in Chicago. The Pope expresses his belief that it is a right and duty for citizens to participate in democratic processes." The Vatican did not disclose which candidates Leo voted for.