<p>Elon Musk on Friday night broke his nine-day silence on Twitter, the social media platform he is trying to buy for $44 billion, posting a picture of him meeting Pope Francis on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The world's richest person tweeted a picture where he can be seen standing next to the Pope, captioning it: "Honored to meet @pontifex yesterday."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Musk's four teenage boys are also pictured, but not his 18-year-old transgender daughter who, on June 20 sought to change her name and sever ties with him. Musk has a total of eight children.</p>.<p class="bodytext"><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/how-elon-musk-helped-lift-the-ceiling-on-ceo-pay-1121529.html" target="_blank">How Elon Musk helped lift the ceiling on CEO pay</a></strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">The purpose and location of Musk's meeting with the Pope were not immediately clear.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Last month, Musk said there were "still a few unresolved matters" on the deal to buy Twitter, including the number of spam users on the system and the coming together of the debt portion of the deal.</p>
<p>Elon Musk on Friday night broke his nine-day silence on Twitter, the social media platform he is trying to buy for $44 billion, posting a picture of him meeting Pope Francis on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The world's richest person tweeted a picture where he can be seen standing next to the Pope, captioning it: "Honored to meet @pontifex yesterday."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Musk's four teenage boys are also pictured, but not his 18-year-old transgender daughter who, on June 20 sought to change her name and sever ties with him. Musk has a total of eight children.</p>.<p class="bodytext"><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/how-elon-musk-helped-lift-the-ceiling-on-ceo-pay-1121529.html" target="_blank">How Elon Musk helped lift the ceiling on CEO pay</a></strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">The purpose and location of Musk's meeting with the Pope were not immediately clear.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Last month, Musk said there were "still a few unresolved matters" on the deal to buy Twitter, including the number of spam users on the system and the coming together of the debt portion of the deal.</p>