Pope Francis popped right into a file retailer in Rome late Tuesday, exiting with a CD of classical music in hand.

Francis, 85, made an unannounced go to to the shop, and a Vatican reporter who occurred to be shut by captured the go to on digital camera.

Javier Martinez-Brocal, director of the Rome Stories information company, mentioned he was within the neighborhood of Rome's pantheon when he noticed a white Fiat 500 with Vatican license plates and police automobiles park in entrance of the Stereosound store.

Martinez-Brocal tweeted a black and white picture of the go to, writing a caption in Spanish that interprets to learn: "The Pope, in a file retailer in Rome," in keeping with translation from the Catholic Information Company.

Martinez-Brocal additionally shared a 24-second video of the Pope exiting the shop and coming into the Fiat.

Francis went inside and stayed for round 12 minutes speaking with the homeowners, Martinez-Brocal reported.

A Vatican spokesman mentioned Francis went to the shop to bless it, as a result of it was not too long ago renovated, in keeping with Reuters.

The proprietor, named Letizia, alongside along with her daughter and son-in-law, are outdated buddies with the pope, a Catholic Information Company translation from a La Stampa report mentioned.

"He already got here when he was a cardinal. It was very emotional. We gave him a classical music file as a present," the proprietor mentioned, in keeping with a Catholic Information Company translation from a Famiglia Cristiana report.

Pope Francis grew up listening to opera and loves Mozart.

"Amongst musicians I really like Mozart, in fact," Francis mentioned, in keeping with a 2013 interview with Traditional FM. "The 'Et incarnatus est' from his Mass in C minor is matchless; it lifts you to God! I really like Mozart carried out by Clara Haskil. Mozart fulfills me."

He is also a fan of Bach and Wagner, Traditional FM reported.

This isn't the primary time the pope has been to a Rome store, Reuters reported. In 2015, Francis ordered a brand new pair of eyeglasses from a Rome optician. They had been going to be delivered to the Vatican, however Francis determined to select them up himself.

Pope Francis, Record Store Visit
On this picture from video made obtainable by Javier Martinez-Brocal of Rome Stories, Pope Francis leaves a file store in Rome, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. Pope Francis grew up listening to the opera on the radio, is a fan of tango and milonga and thinks Mozart "lifts you to God." Nevertheless it nonetheless got here as a one thing of a shock to see him popping out of a downtown Rome file store.Javier Martinez-Brocal/Rome Stories by way of AP

The file retailer homeowners recounted what had transpired: It seems the previous Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was a buyer throughout his visits to Rome, and had promised them he'd come go to when he met with them on the Vatican.

Francis, an Argentine whose love of tango and milonga is well-known, did not purchase something.

The Related Press contributed to this report.