Apple CEO Tim
Cook has had a sit down meeting with the head of the Catholic church.
The two men –
along with their personal teams – met at the Vatican yesterday.
This is the
pontiff’s second meeting with technology world leader in a week, after he met
with Eric Schmidt – the executive chairman of Google’s parent company Alphabet.
However,
despite the details of the meeting being kept under wraps, some are hoping that
Cook took
the opportunity to address the Pope’s recent attack on same-sex marriage and
civil unions.
Addressing
members of the Vatican court last week, Pope Francis said: “There can be no
confusion between the family God wants and any other type of union.
“The family,
founded on indissoluble matrimony that unites and allows procreation, is part
of God’s dream and that of his Church for the salvation of humanity,” he added.
His comments
are sure to have riled Cook, who
recently argued that the fight for LGBT equality is far from over.
“Discrimination
doesn’t simply fade. It has to be pushed back, challenged, overcome and then
kept at bay.”
Cook spoke
after HRC
honoured him for using his public platform to fight for LGBT rights
across the world.
Since coming
out in 2014, Cook has fought against state laws that allow small businesses
to refuse service to the LGBT community based on religious grounds.
“I’m proud to
be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me,” Cook
said in October 2014.
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