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Tuesday 26 May 2015

Pope Francis says he hasnt watched TV since 1990

The leader of the Roman Catholic Church, who has made waves of connections reaching out to disaffected Catholics and insisting on making the poor a top priority, hasn't watched TV since July 15, 1990, he revealed in an interview published in the Argentinian newspaper La Voz del Pueblo.

The pontiff did not reveal why he gave up watching TV, except to say he decided it wasn't for him, before promising the Virgin Mary he wouldn't watch again.


       
That promise has kept him from watching his favorite soccer team, Buenos Aires-based San Lorenzo, but he told the paper a member of his Swiss Guard tells him the scores and keeps him up to date on the standings.
       
Pope Francis said he really misses the tranquility of just walking the streets.
The Pope concluded that he would like to be remembered as a "good guy" who tried to do good".

51 comments:

AbokiDaWarriBoy said...

Ok......

Unknown said...

Good to know

Damilola said...

Story for the gods

Alloy Chikezie said...

Wow! It will take a lot of discipline to achieve that.

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Unknown said...

Hmmmmm

Anonymous said...

Haba. I don't believe







OMG! This post killed me. read this. LMAOO.

snowflix said...

Promises are meant to be fulfilled so that's what he's doing #onelovefromsnow#

Anonymous said...

U DONT NID IT NOW...TOMJERRYSWIT

Unknown said...

Ok papa..

BONARIO NNAGS said...

Awww! God bless you the supreme Pontiff.
God bless you the servant of servants of God.

~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA

Unknown said...

HE HASN'T MISSED MUCH

Unknown said...

Really! Good!

Roman! said...

Great man*

Davido's driver said...

Serious...

Nky said...

Odiegwu

Unknown said...

a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said..
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Lord knws i cant live a day without watching anything screen i swear.....
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***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***

Unknown said...

He tried jare.

Unknown said...

But if he watches, it doesn't make him a bad person?

OKORO UPGRADED

Unknown said...

BLIMEY!!!!

NaijaDeltaBabe said...

Okay

Tristanflow said...

That's so sweet. This is one of the sacrifices one has to make if you want to be a staunch Christian. Wish I could be like him.

AliBaba DeKingMaker said...

Eyaaa, he is really a good guy. God bless and keep him.

Abraham Ndu said...

Awww

yawanow said...

humble Pope

Unknown said...

Its good for him.

Anonymous said...

Watch your tiny mouth to avoid condemnation.

Ify said...

It's easier if a person is blind, but with two eyes working fine? Hats of pope

Anonymous said...

Everybody no be you, onye okwukwe nta.

AbokiDaWarriBoy said...

Lmfaoo.

Unknown said...

It just means he has not on his own set out to watch. But can he avoid it when he visit others

Anonymous said...

Really? Anon, they got you bad though.

Unknown said...

Issokay. Linda take note!

Unknown said...

If I watch or does not watch TV is no criteria for me to make Heaven even if am d most good guy on planet earth.

God has a standard dat can never b broken set for those dat desired to make Heaven.

Unknown said...

He is doing De work of God nah, so tv is secondary

Anonymous said...

Hey

Davido's driver said...

This is tough you know.
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Igbekoyi temitope said...

That's my pope..I pray you continue to grow in spirit sire

Anonymous said...

That's my pope,I pray you continue to grow in spirit sire

ary said...

I will just die of boredom!! 25 years of no TV? just kill me now!!!

Anonymous said...

Condemnation by who or what???!!! When will you ignorant dafts learn to understand that it's not everybody that would accept or believe in what you believe in??? Believing in God is a choice and is optional and not by force, that's why Jesus Christ used conviction with deep knowledge of the Holy Scriptures to win souls for God instead of force. Learn to respect people's opinions rather than threatening them with your ignorance...besides that, Catholics are not any different from Muslims...same idolatry kind of worships, same oppressive confrontation, same religious pattern of prayers. While the Catholics believe so much in Mary,saints (dead people), worshipping of statues or images etc which is wrong as Christians, the Muslims worship the god of moon called Allah...with the knowledge of this, it is very difficult to have or share same religious beliefs,opinions or understanding with catholics and Muslims, we obviously don't serve the same God/god. Know this as a fact and stop oppressing people with stupid religious threats.

Unknown said...

Ok

gentle said...

It's nt easy o. Everything on TV nw is nakedness nakedness. I almost fainted when I found out dt my dad hd downloaded linda ' s blog. Tnk God he doesn't view it so much except for news.

Lewis said...

I Love him...he's a gud man

Subomi said...

mi o gbo yoruba!!!!! seriously!?

Anonymous said...

It is called mortification. U can decide to give up something u kind of addicted to to the glory of God. For me I have not tasted any drink other than water since Dec 28 2001. Its something I chose to do for myself,it is my choice just like the Pope decided not to watch TV.

Unknown said...

Hey be careful what you say... Catholics don't worship statues... They only make statues for representation (like the way the is isrealites built the arch of covenant and venerated it... Like d way Solomon built the statues of d cherubim in the temple of God ) and Mary is only giving honour to and remember it's written in the Bible that 'all generations shall call me blessed'... Also know there are no dead people in heaven especially the apostles and the prophets, they are all alive (remember during transfiguration of Jesus, they saw him talking with Moses and Elijah )... So people in heaven ain't dead.

Francis Maris said...

@Anonymous. I shouldn't ask for permission to ram your head up you ass. What is your problem? The singular fact that you don't know anything about something (you're clearly ignorant of so many things) doesn't make it wrong. Atheist or Pentecostal, you need your brains formatted and reloaded with a newer version OS, that run in parallel with a software called common sense. ASHLOG!

Unknown said...

The rate nudity is taking over everything....especially that of some shows UN the TV is alarming....is so good for him and his Faith. I wish I can do that#

Anonymous said...

Thank u Olawole! Perfect explanation for people who think they know everytin about the cath church yet they know nothing. U rock! Bella

Anonymous said...

It's a good thing you don't watch. That's why He has lived long, God bless and keep our dear Pope. All we see on TV these days are the Kardashians. That Kardashian show poisons the senses and I hope our generation makes it to their 60s. Smh. Bella!

Unknown said...

God bless u more sir.. u are indeed the mouth piece of Christ.... spread out the message for them that have ears jare...

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