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A movie outing at Christmas included 30 people. 'She is one of nine and they do everything together,' he said. Gaffigan and his wife are both from large Catholic families. Mostly, I'm afraid to tell my wife I don't want to go.'

Introducing himself, Gaffigan said, to applause, 'Unlike many Catholics in America who were raised Catholic, I am still Catholic and I still go to church every Sunday. Gaffigan said 1928, the year Al Smith ran for president, 'was a tough year to be a Catholic,' as was 2018. 'Just about everywhere I've been, I've come across the Catholic Church doing incredible work that lifts up millions of desperate people. She described a South American border area where church organizations are the sole providers of food and a refugee camp in central Africa where the church is on the forefront of those seeking change. 'In the last two years, I have been to some very dark places where human suffering is on a level hard for most Americans to imagine.' 'It would be tragic to allow the abuse scandal to blind anyone to the amazing good works the Catholic church does every single day,' Haley said. Haley said sexual abuse is not limited to the Catholic family and the church 'recognizes its deep responsibility to address this moral failing.' In his invocation, Dolan, the dinner's host, asked God's mercy 'on a church we have also blushed at' for its response to the issue. Haley said her parents emigrated from India 'legally, but I keep them at an undisclosed location, just in case.' She said when Trump heard she was an Indian American, 'he asked if I was from the same tribe as Elizabeth Warren.'ĭespite the lighthearted tone of the event, the clergy sex abuse scandal and its fallout hung in the air and were addressed head-on by the speakers. Despite the serious disagreements and differences among the 193 member nations, 'at one point, every single one of them was paying Paul Manafort,' she laughed. Haley said she learned a lot during her tenure at the U.N. 'He said if I get stuck for laughs, just brag about his accomplishments. She said Trump, who spoke at the 2016 dinner with then-opponent Hillary Clinton, offered her advice about her speech. Haley joked that as a member of Trump's Cabinet, 'it's a thrill to be out to dinner without being harassed.' Haley said she asked Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, the event's host, if there was anything she could do to boost attendance at the dinner. She made light of the unexpected news of her departure. Haley, the Republican former governor of South Carolina, has denied that she will challenge President Donald Trump in 2020. post at the end of the year signifies her intention to run for the presidency. He introduced Haley as 'the next president of the United States,' in a nod to widespread speculation that the Oct. Gaffigan said wearing a white bow tie and tails and looking at the sea of diners in formal attire made him feel 'like I'm in an ugly episode of Downton Abbey.' He poked fun at the presumed wealth of the guests, whom he described as a 'distinguished diverse group of rich, super-rich and Michael Bloomberg.'īloomberg, the billionaire former three-term mayor of New York, also was seated on the dais. Chuck Schumer, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Jeff Glor, anchor of the 'CBS Evening News.'Ĭomedian Jim Gaffigan was the dinner's master of ceremonies. Andrew Cuomo, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Sen. Among those sharing the three-tiered dais were New York Gov. The event drew 700 guests to the traditionally festive gathering of political, religious and philanthropic New Yorkers. The foundation distributed $3.4 million in grants after last year's dinner. Proceeds from the $3,000-a-plate event help needy children in the greater New York area. The Al Smith dinner honors the memory of the former governor of New York, who was the first Catholic nominated by a major political party to run for president of the United States. Haley distinguished the heated rhetoric from the 'true evil' she has witnessed in South Sudan, Syria and North Korea since she arrived at the United Nations in 2016. ambassador to the United Nations was the keynote speaker at the 73rd annual dinner of the Alfred E.