Elon Musk and 4 of his sons met with Pope Francis on the Vatican final week and the Tesla Inc. CEO then broke 10 days of silence on Twitter to share a photograph of the viewers.

Musk, the world’s richest particular person, who’s within the midst of a $44 billion takeover of Twitter Inc., wrote Friday: “Honored to satisfy @Pontifex yesterday.”

The Vatican didn’t subject a public assertion concerning the assembly, in keeping with The Related Press. Pope Francis usually meets with company leaders to induce them to make use of their wealth and expertise to help the poor, the AP reported.

Through the years, the Holy See has made public appearances with auto executives to take supply of popemobiles. Final 12 months Pope Francis met with Fisker Inc. CEO Henrik Fisker to see the design for an all-electric papal automobile. Fisker mentioned it is going to covert its all-electric Ocean SUV to be used by the pope, offering a retractable glass cupola and sustainable inside supplies, such because the carpets.

Pope Francis final 12 months additionally met Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares, Chairman John Elkann and Fiat model CEO Olivier Francois following the merger of Fiat Chrysler Vehicles and PSA Group. The automaker mentioned its prime executives “offered the aim and values of Stellantis, its dedication to sustainable mobility, and the New Fiat 500,” which is assembled in Turin, Italy.

In 2012, Pope Benedict took supply of a pair of electrical automobiles from former Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn.

Philip Nussel of Automotive Information and Reuters contributed to this report.