Who is Pope Francis' favorite singer? We reveal who she is and what genre of music the Holy Father is passionate about

The passion of Papa Francesco for music she is known to all, but not everyone knows who her favorite singer is. The Pope is bound by a deep affection for a classical music singer, who wanted to give him a very special gift for her birthday.

Pope Francis is the name by which the current pontiff of the Catholic Church is known, Jorge Mario Bergoglio. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on December 17, 1936, he became pope on March 13, 2013.

His election shocked the whole world as he was the first Latin American pope and the first Jesuit to hold the office of pontiff. Since then, Pope Francis has proven to be a very pope progressive and open to dialogue, seeking to pursue the principles of with determination humility, mercy and brotherhood.

The Pope has always loved the classical music and on one occasion he went to Rome to a record shop driven by the lure of the love of music. The owners, his friends, after the blessing gave him a record. From this episode, the pontiff's passion for a well-known singer was born, Svetlana Kasyan.

The friendship of Pope Francis and Svetlana Kasyan

Their friendship dates back to 2013 shortly before the election of the pontiff, when Kasyan gave a solo concert at theAuditorium of the Conciliation of Rome, a stone's throw from Piazza San Pietro. On that occasion the Pope himself had asked her to sing for God and to spread good.

Kasyan not only kept her promise, but on the day of theeighty-fifth birthday of the Pope, recorded, referring to the last papal encyclical, the album "Fratelli tutti”. Songs in various languages ​​had been recorded on the disc, in addition to the Pope's favorite song, the Cumparsita.

Francesco, to reciprocate such a beautiful gesture, gave her a book with a very special dedication in Italian, in which he thanked her for having made it clear, through her attitude, that the beauty leads to God.