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.”

“Mi esperanza es que traigan esa relación más cercana con Dios a sus familias”, dijo el padre Manny Gallo

By:

Armando Machado

| 03/02/2026

“My hope is that they bring that closer relationship with God to their families,” said Father Manny Gallo.

By:

Armando Machado

| 03/02/2026

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Presided over by Archbishop Ronald A. Hicks, the liturgy formally recognized those preparing to receive the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist.

By:

Mary Shovlain

| 03/02/2026