Donald Trump was jeered by the audience at a Catholic charity roast dinner after he suggested Hillary Clinton hated Catholics. The Tablet has the story."We've learned so much from WikiLeaks: For example, Hillary believes that it is vital to deceive the people by having one public policy and a totally different policy in private," Mr Trump said at the Alfred Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York on Thursday night.
He was alluding to the emails leaked earlier this month from senior campaign staff discussing how to woo the Catholic vote. "For example, here she is tonight in public pretending not to hate Catholics."
During the dinner, traditionally held after the final presidential debate, the Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, sat between the two candidates. He admitted to the press afterwards that his seat was the "iciest place on the planet."
But Cardinal Dolan also told Fox News: "I was very moved by their interaction together around me, they were very friendly, very uplifting, very complimentary to one another. I thought the evening accomplished its goals."
After being jeered for his anti-Catholic jibe at Mrs Clinton, Mr Trump made some inroads into getting the room back onside with his closing remarks about the importance of fighting anti-Catholic bias in the US and defending the right to life.
"We can also agree on the need to stand up to anti-Catholic bias, to defend religious liberty, and to create a culture that celebrates life," he concluded.
Meanwhile, Mrs Clinton, in her reply, began with a few jokes but in a far more sober speech ended by extolling the virtues of Pope Francis and the teachings of the Society of Jesus.
"I believe how we treat others is the highest expression of faith and of service," she said.
"Now, I'm not Catholic, I'm a Methodist. But one of the things that we share is the belief that in order to achieve salvation we need both faith and good works.
"And you certainly don't need to be Catholic to be inspired by the humility and heart of the Holy Father Pope Francis or to embrace his message of rejecting a mindset of hostility. His calls to reduce inequality. His warnings about climate change."