(Photo: Steve Jurvetson, CC BY 2.0)Elon MuskPope Leo XIV has criticized pay packages that reward executives with massively higher pay than workers, and he cited Tesla's proposed compensation plan of around $1 trillion for its CEO, Elon Musk. The pontiff's remarks, published in excerpts of his first media interview, sharpen a moral critique of widening executive-to-worker pay ratios at a time when Tesla shareholders are weighing an unprecedented pay package. That award could make Musk the world's first trillionaire if its goals are met—a development that proponents say would incentivize bold innovation while critics say it would deepen inequality. Leo was discussing the "value of human life, of the family, and the value of society." "Yesterday, the news that Elon Musk is going to be the first trillionaire in the world.