I Haven’t Watched TV In 34 Years – Pope Francis

Pope Francis has come out to say that he made a vow 34 years ago to stop watching TV.

He recently revealed that he made the decision after stumbling across a smutty show, and the world has been reacting.

According to him, the vulgar viewing was so bad for his conscience at the time that he hasn’t watched the box for almost 34 years.

Pope Francis added that he actually made a public declaration during the mass for the feast of the Madonna del Carmelo.

His words, “I was watching television in the lounge with my fellow priests.

It was July 15, 1990, and some scenes of an adult nature, to put it delicately, were being shown — something that was not good for the heart.

Nothing risqué, of course, but when I went back to my room, I said to myself, ‘A priest cannot look at such things.

And so, the following day, during the mass for the feast of the Madonna del Carmelo, I vowed never to watch television again.”

WOW.

Pope Francis (Latin: Franciscus; Italian: Francesco; Spanish: Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is, as the bishop of Rome, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State.

Francis is the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, and the first pope from outside Europe since the Syrian Gregory III, who reigned in the 8th century.

Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born on 17 December 1936 in Flores, a neighborhood of Buenos Aires. He was the eldest of five children of Mario José Bergoglio (1908–1959) and Regina María Sívori (1911–1981). Mario Bergoglio was an Italian immigrant accountant born in Portacomaro (Province of Asti) in Italy’s Piedmont region.

Regina Sívori was a housewife born in Buenos Aires to a family of northern Italian (Piedmontese-Genoese) origin.