Pope Hasn’t Watched TV Since 1990

Posted by | May 26, 2015 09:30 | Filed under: Media/Show Business Religion

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Pope Francis has not watched television in 25 years and would like to have a pizza.

The head of the Roman Catholic Church sat down with Argentinian newspaper La Voz Del Pueblo, and among his more surprising admissions is that he hasn’t watched television since 1990, after promising the Virgin Mary he wouldn’t.

His reasoning for swearing off the medium is simply that it “is not for me,” the 78-year-old told the paper. He also explained that he never uses the Internet and relies on a member of the Swiss guard to find out if his hometown soccer team has won or lost.

When asked what he misses about his previous life, he gave two answers: freedom and pizza. “To go outside,” the pontiff said. “That much I long for – the tranquility of walking though the streets, or to go to a pizzeria to eat a good pizza.”

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10 responses to Pope Hasn’t Watched TV Since 1990

  1. allison1050 May 26th, 2015 at 09:43

    And he hasn’t missed a damned thing.

    • fahvel May 26th, 2015 at 11:11

      beat me to it – what a fine man.. eh?

      • allison1050 May 26th, 2015 at 11:33

        He’s brought me back.

    • cecilia May 26th, 2015 at 22:29

      oh, there’s some great shows: The Sopranos, The Big Bang Theory, The Simpsons…..Cosmos……

      you do have to look for them, but they exist

      • yankee2 May 27th, 2015 at 00:04

        I watch all my TV online now, on-demand. I watch exactly what I want to watch, when I want to watch it, without advertisements or interruption. It’s not REALLY TV, it’s much, MUCH better.

  2. Hirightnow May 26th, 2015 at 11:10

    Can’t blame him; there aint really anything on.

  3. Bunya May 26th, 2015 at 14:28

    So I guess he didn’t vote off anybody on Survivor.

  4. bpollen May 26th, 2015 at 15:48

    Conversations around the Papal water-cooler must be kinda boring.

    • yankee2 May 26th, 2015 at 23:59

      I bet they are anything BUT. There is NOTHING which lends itself so well to boring conversation as TV. I’ve got 475 channels, and there is rarely ANYTHING on worth watching… Can you imagine being an insider in the Vatican? Can you imagine the gossip? Can you imagine the intrigue? TV would, as it does everywhere else, contribute NOTHING.

  5. robert May 26th, 2015 at 17:01

    he does get soccer or as the say in europe footall scores from the swiss guards

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