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Former President Trump and Vice President Harris have focused on religion in recent days as they make their final appeals to Christian voters just weeks before the election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday night\u2019s Al Smith dinner, a major fundraising event hosted by Catholic Charities of New York, served as a kickoff point for a weekend with events targeted at religious groups, including church services Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harris did not attend the New York charity event in person Thursday, instead delivering a prerecorded speech that aired at the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump, meanwhile, delivered a roughly 30-minute speech in person at the annual dinner, during which he chided Harris repeatedly for skipping the dinner to campaign in the battleground state of Wisconsin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy opponent feels like she does not have to be here, which is deeply disrespectful to the event, and in particular to our great Catholic community. Very disrespectful,\u201d Trump said to applause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presidential candidates typically have delivered remarks every four years at the dinner, hosted by New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan, and have traded good-natured jokes, though Trump upended the event in 2016 by attacking Hillary Clinton. Trump and President Biden spoke virtually in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harris addressed the event via a video that featured comedian Molly Shannon portraying her \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d character Mary Katherine Gallagher, a Catholic schoolgirl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The video began on a lighthearted note, with Shannon\u2019s character advising Harris on what to say in her speech, including, \u201cDon\u2019t lie. Thou shall not bear false witness to thy neighbor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIndeed, especially thy neighbor\u2019s election results,\u201d Harris said in response, knocking Trump\u2019s repeated false claims that the 2020 election was rigged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once Shannon left the video, Harris spoke directly to the camera: \u201cThe Al Smith dinner provides a rare opportunity to set aside partisanship and come together to do some good by supporting the tremendous charitable work of the Catholic Church.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This weekend, Trump\u2019s running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), also sought to appeal to Catholic voters, holding an event Sunday evening at a Waukesha, Wis., airplane hangar. Vance, a Catholic convert, was expected to make the case that Trump is better for Catholics than Harris is, according to local reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Harris campaign fanned out across battleground states Sunday to mark \u201cSouls to the Polls,\u201d a push centered on reaching Black voters through their churches and religious communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harris attended services and delivered remarks at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest, Ga. and was scheduled to attend an event at Divine Faith Ministries International in Jonesboro, Ga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harris\u2019s running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), attended services in Saginaw, Mich., on Sunday, and Minnesota first lady Gwen Walz attended services in Las Vegas, Nev.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harris touched on her own religious upbringing in her Sunday remarks in Georgia, recalling learning of a \u201cloving God\u201d who \u201casks us to speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves and to defend the rights of the poor and the needy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said church, for her, is \u201ca place of growth, and belonging, and community. A place where we are reminded of the incredible power of faith and fellowship.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd this moment in our nation must be about so much more than partisan politics,\u201d she later added. \u201cIt must be about looking inward and being guided by our faith to know what brings hope and what is truly the best expression of our strength in the way that we reach out to each other with kindness and with love.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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