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Al Smith Dinner

Eating With Tax Collectors

by Fr. Kevin Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on October 19, 2012 · 53 comments

Last night I was invited to dinner by Al Smith IV, the great-grandson of Al Smith, who was a former New York governor and the first Catholic nominated for president. Al shared some jokes while introducing Obama and Romney. He…

The Al Smith Dinner and the Church’s Real Problem

by Russell Shaw on August 24, 2012 · 15 comments

Worried conservatives reacted negatively to the news that Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York had invited Barack Obama to the Al Smith Dinner in October. But the cardinal plainly believes the invitation serves the best interests of the Church—declaring war…

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