July 2, 2022 Updated: July 2, 2022 10:47 AM
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1of3FILE – Elon Musk attends the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute charity gala celebrating the opening of the “In America: An Anthology of Fashion” exhibition on May 2, 2022 in New York City. Musk is expected to meet with Twitter employees on Thursday, June 16, 2022 in an apparent effort to allay concerns about his $ 44 billion deal to acquire the social platform. (Photo by Evan Agostini / Invision / AP) Evan Agostini / Evan Agostini / Invision / APShow MoreShow Less 2of3FILE – Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the opening of the Tesla factory in Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany, on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Musk has used Twitter to announce that he had met with Pope Francis. Musk used the @Pontifex ID to tweet that he was “honored” to meet with Francis on Friday, July 1, 2022. (Patrick Pleul / Pool via AP, file) Show moreShow less3of3
ROME (AP) – Tesla CEO Elon Musk, whose $ 44 billion bid to buy Twitter is still in limbo, used the social media platform to announce that he had met with Pope Francis.
“I’m honored to meet @Pontifex yesterday,” Musk tweeted at the hearing Friday afternoon, alongside a photo showing Musk, Francis and four of Musk’s teenage children.
An honor to meet @Pontifex yesterday pic.twitter.com/sLZY8mAQtd
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 2, 2022
The Vatican did not announce the hearing or provide any information on what was spoken. Musk’s tweet followed a street scene in Venice, suggesting he might have had other stops on his tour.
Francis meets frequently with high-profile personalities in strictly private audiences held in a reception room of the Vatican hotel where he lives. A common point of conversation he uses when he meets with CEOs of companies is to ask them to use wealth and technology to help the poorest while caring for God’s creation.
On June 21, the Twitter board advised shareholders to approve Musk’s takeover bid, although Twitter shares remain well below their bid price, indicating considerable doubt that the sale occurs.