Tim Cook meets with the Pope at the Vatican

Unlike the previous Popes, the current Pope Francis has always been a great defender of new technologies. He has always recognized that The Internet is one of the best inventions, sometimes calling it a gift from God, for the ease with which it allows the Catholic Church to communicate through it.

In fact, Pope Francis is an active Twitter user through his iPad. Pope Francis is not the first technology-related leader he has met with, as Eric Schmidt, president of Alphabet, formerly known as Google, also passed through the Vatican a few weeks ago.

Last week, during the trip that took Tim Cook to Europe and Brussels, he took the opportunity to meet with Pope Francis. An appointment that was not scheduled and that was kept in the greatest of secrets. Tim Cook attended the hearing at around 11:30 a.m. and the visit lasted between 15 and 20 minutes. Apparently Pope Francis and Tim Cook they could have talked about their concerns for the environment and ecology, in which both have always shown concern.

Tim Cook's trip to Italy was due to the opening of a new center for iOS developers which has just opened in the city of Naples. According to Cook, the reason for opening a developer center in Italy is because some of the most creative developers in the world are located in the old continent.

But not only did he visit Italy, but his trip to Europe also took him to Brussels, to meet with the European authorities to try to clarify the latest information on the favorable treatment the Cupertino-based company is receiving from the Irish government regarding the corporate tax rate.