Pope says he is 'no saint', dances tango
Appearing on the popular Sunday programme Che Tempo Che Fa (What's the Weather Like?) from his residence, Francis, who made a surprise visit to a Rome record shop last month not for shopping but to bless his friends' new shop, said he mostly likes classical music but also tango.
Asked if he had danced the tango as a young man in his native Argentina, Francis, 85, said "A porteño who does not dance the tango is not a porteño". Porteño is the Spanish name for a resident of Buenos Aires, his home city.
The pontiff lives in modest suite in Santa Marta, where he usually eats in the common area and takes the elevator by himself.
Francis said he had chosen to live there because he was "not a saint" like his predecessors and needed to be around people as much as possible. He said he had "few but real" friends.
