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The smiles on their faces indicate a happy meeting between the Pontiff and the programmer<\/p><\/div>\n
Digital Trends<\/em> reports that Zuckerberg took to Facebook (of course) to report on the meeting, explaining there are \u201cparallels between the Pope\u2019s mission of \u2018communicating\u2019 with people around the world and his company\u2019s goal of providing internet access to underserved regions.\u201d<\/p>\n Zuckerberg told his Facebook followers, \u201cPriscilla and I had the honor of meeting Pope Francis at the Vatican. We told him how much we admire his message of mercy and tenderness. It was a meeting we\u2019ll never forget. You can feel his warmth and kindness, and how deeply he cares about helping people.\u201d<\/p>\n Priscilla Chan, Mark\u2019s wife, had Facebook thoughts to share.\u00a0 \u201cMark<\/a> and I had the honor of meeting Pope Francis and discussing our shared mission of reaching and serving all of those in need.<\/p>\n 1 Billion and counting, Facebook hopes to extend Internet coverage to place that don’t yet have electricity<\/p><\/div>\n \u201cIt was also a special experience to connect with him in his native language of Spanish.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel inspired and blessed to continue making our impact at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0 The inititative is a long-term educational effort to spread learning worldwide.\u00a0 As Priscilla and Mark declare on the Initiative\u2019s web site, \u201cThe only way that we reach our full human potential is if we\u2019re able to unlock the gifts of every person around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s not unreasonable to think that Facebook\u2019s drones could play a large part in that mission, technology in this case enabling the fulfillment of a spiritual goal.<\/p>\n![\"1](\"http:\/\/sustainableskies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/pope-aqila-coverage-528x297.jpg\")