Pope: I Have Not Watched TV In 25 Years

Pope Francis has said he has not watched TV in 25 years, does not use the internet and reads one newspaper a day for only 10 minutes.

[caption id="attachment_2685" align="alignnone" width="300"] Cardinal Bergoglio was elected Pope in March 2013[/caption]

In an interview with the Argentinian newspaper La Voz Del Pueblo, the Pontiff also said that he misses going out in the streets of Rome to visit a pizzeria.

"I haven't watched TV since 1990," Francis told the newspaper.

"It's a promise I made to the Virgin of Carmen on the night of 15 July 1990."

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The Swiss Guards are part of the Pope's security detail

Asked if there was a specific reason why he doesn't watch television, he responded: "I told myself, 'It's not for me'."

Pope Francis is known to be a football fan, but he said he does not watch matches of his favourite team, San Lorenzo, and relies on a Swiss Guard to tell him the results and the tables.

The Pope, 78, said he reads one newspaper a day, La Repubblica, a left-leaning Italian daily.

Among the things he misses about life before he was elected to the Pontificate is going out for pizza.

He said having a pizza delivered to the Vatican is "not the same", adding: "The point is to go there."