Pope Leo XIV’s tour of Uruguay, Argentina and Peru is his first major trip since an operation on his lung last month.
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VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV received Bob Dylan on Wednesday in the Vatican at an audience for which the US folk music legend wore a black hooded sweater. The 85-year-old singer-songwriter, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, is currently in Italy on tour. A report on the official Vatican News website said the meeting was “brief,
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