Heh, this is what came to my mind as well after I read the OP.
So does the Pope disagree with Dylan’s philosophy of life or does he just dislike Dylan’s music in a general way?
The Pope needs a reason?
C’mon, Dylan is, or was, a dope smoking hippie who bred millions of other dope smoking hippies. He stood for change, for rejecting tradition, for opposition to societally imposed morals.
Personally, I love the guy for that.
But if the RCC still had the cojones of its middle-ages ancestral church, he’d be dead or in a filthy hole in the ground singing to rats by candle light.
The Pope has obviously never seen Don’t Look Back. Dylan puts anyone even suggesting he is a leader or a prophet through the wringer. IIRC, '97 was during his Christian period also.
Johnny L.A. and HazelNutCoffee
Yep, great minds think alike. This is what I would have posted if Johnny L.A. hadn’t beaten me to the punch.
… musta dropped my harmonica. 
They should post warning signs starting 30 miles before the location of a Bob Dylan concert. He sings so badly even God cries “Stop it!” the whole performance. Ostriches can’t find a hole deep enough to block the noise. Jackles sound good as a chorus, because they harmonize perfectly with him. Dogs bite their butts while running in circles, to distract themselves from his singing. God and Lucifer created Purgatory because neither was willing to take him when he dies. Dylan has been asked to teach all the Banshee’s how to wail in Ireland. The press reported that the mouth of Hell was found, but the wailing was coming from Dylan’s shower. Even a drunken Scott will get out of the road and run when they hear Dylan sing.
The guy can write and play, he can’t sing.
ROTFLMAO!
You folks that think Dylan is to be judged as a singer are WAY off. This from 30+ years ago slams this Pope as much as any other Pope as much as any other iteration of THE MAN.
It’s not just that Ratzinger is the Pope. It’s not just that he is a former member of the Hitler Youth. It’s also that his special mission as a Cardinal was chasing the liberals out of the his church. If there is an exact and polar opposite to hipness, it’s Ratzinger.
In addition to being unhip, the Pope is also Catholic, BTW.
But does he shit in the woods and then wipe his ass with rabbits when he’s done?
Wipes his ass with dead baby seals…
D&R
I suppose those wouldn’t be just any-old ordinary rabbits either 
Fond of understatement? He doesn’t have any kind of singing voice at all.