El chef argentino que cocinó para el papa Francisco recuerda la visita del pontífice a Nueva York | Argentinian chef who cooked for Pope Francis recalls the pontiff’s visit to New York

| 04/28/2025

By: Fernanda Pierorazio

Ismael Alba, propietario del renombrado restaurante Buenos Aires en el East Village, habla con The Good Newsroom sobre cómo fue cocinar para el papa Francisco en la “parrilla sagrada” que construyó exclusivamente para cocinarle al santo padre. Alba también reflexiona sobre su primer encuentro con el papa: “Vi una luz a su alrededor”.

Ismael Alba, owner of the renowned Buenos Aires restaurant in the East Village, talks to The Good Newsroom about what it was like to cook for Pope Francis in the “holy grill” he built exclusively to cook for the Holy Father. Alba also reflects on his first encounter with the pope: “I saw a light around him.”

“This isn’t just about reopening a school, it’s also about innovating,” Cardinal Dolan told The Good Newsroom during the Catholic Schools Week stop.

By:

Steven Schwankert

| 01/30/2026

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Deacon Joseph Haas joins us to show his appreciation and also share his welcoming message to Archbishop-designate Ronald Hicks, the archbishop he will be ordained a priest under.

By:

Patrick Grady

| 01/30/2026

The Vatican’s ambassador to the United States represents the pope at the Installation Mass of Archbishop Ronald A. Hicks on February 6.

By:

Mary Shovlain

| 01/30/2026