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.”

In his homily from today’s Mass at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, Fr. Enrique Salvo shares a story about the power of the Holy Spirit from his time in seminary. When the Holy Spirit illuminates us, even the smallest thing we do is an act of the Holy Spirit. 

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The Good Newsroom

| 05/24/2026

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Father Joseph Haas and Father John Ippolito were ordained to the priesthood on Saturday at St. Patrick's Cathedral.

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Mary Shovlain

| 05/24/2026

The San Francisco-based AI firm has cultivated ties with the Vatican over several months of dialogues on technology and ethics.

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OSV News

| 05/23/2026