Tim Cook gets private audience with Pope Francis

Apple CEO Tim Cook apparently took some time to meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Friday, January 22. According to a quick shot of the Pope's daily schedule for Friday, Cook met with him for about 15 minutes. It's unknown what the meeting was about.

From Carol Glatz on Twitter:

#PopeFrancis doing techie diplomacy? Today mtg with @tim_cook Apple CEO after mtg last wk with Google's @ericschmidt pic.twitter.com/Fm2S6w7F7l #PopeFrancis doing techie diplomacy? Today mtg with @tim_cook Apple CEO after mtg last wk with Google's @ericschmidt pic.twitter.com/Fm2S6w7F7l— Carol Glatz (@CarolGlatz) January 22, 2016 January 22, 2016

The schedule note above translates to "Mr. Timothy Donald Cook, CEO of Apple."

While the topic of discussion is unknown, Sky News technology correspondent Tom Cheshire notes that both Pope Francis and Tim Cook have taken environmental advocacy efforts.

Source: Carol Glatz, Tom Cheshire; Via: 9to5Mac

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