His Holiness quoted the songwriter’s unpublished song “Go Away You Bomb” in his book Disarmed and Disarming: Peace Is a Gift

Pope Leo XIV has made time for several revered musicians this past year, including Patti Smith and Bad Bunny. On Wednesday, he also held a private audience with Bob Dylan.

His Holiness showcased his fondness for the revered songwriter in his book, Disarmed and Disarming: Peace Is a Gift , in a citation. The pope quoted Dylan’s unpublished 1963 protest song “Go Away You Bomb” in the book. “‘I hate you cause yer man-made and man-owned an’ man-handled,’” the pope quoted from Dylan. The previously unreleased song’s lyrics, which were typewritten and then corrected by hand, were auctioned by Christie’s in the summer of 2013.

It was written by Dylan in 1963 for Izzy Young of the Greenwich Village Folklore Center. “I asked everyone I knew to write a song about the nuclear bomb,” Young told Rolling Stone in 2013.…