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Pope Francis says he hasn't watched TV in more than 25 years
Published May 28, 2015
Pope Francis is no “Game of Thrones” fan — in fact, the pontiff hasn’t watched the boob tube in over 25 years.
“It’s not for me,” he told La Voz del Pueblo on Monday.
The holy man’s tv-watching days ended after he made a vow to the Virgin Mary in 1990, he said.
“I have not watched TV since 1990,” he told the Argentinian newspaper. “It’s a promise that I made the Virgin of Carmen on the night of 15 July 1990.
An avid soccer fan, Pope Francis even skips out on the big games, getting the scores from a Swiss Guard instead of the small screen.
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