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Pope Leo says that if Elon Musk becomes the first trillionaire, the world is in ‘big trouble’

Pope Leo XIV waves (Credit: Stefano Spaziani/Europa Press via Getty Images)
  • Pope Leo XIV is sounding the alarm over the growing wealth inequality between CEOs and workers—and he’s singling out Elon Musk’s path to trillionaire status. In his first formal interview since being named pontiff, Pope Leo says soaring executive paychecks may be putting the world in “big trouble.” This comes as a recent report warns that many billionaire signers of Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda French Gates’ The Giving Pledge are behind in their philanthropy promises.

If Pope Leo XIV had a seat on Tesla’s board, Elon Musk’s newly proposed trillion-dollar paycheck would be dead on arrival.

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