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Jesuit priest will deliver invocation at Biden’s presidential inauguration Jesuit Father Leo O’Donovan is seen in this 2018 file photo. The priest, former president of Georgetown University who is currently the director of mission for Jesuit Refugee Service, will deliver the invocation at the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden Jan. 20. He told National Catholic Reporter that Biden had personally called him and invited him to say invocation and he accepted. (CNS photo/Celia Rogge, courtesy JRS) By Carol Zimmermann • Catholic News Service • Posted January 11, 2021 WASHINGTON (CNS...

Jesuit will deliver invocation at Biden's inauguration The tradition of invocations at presidential inaugurations goes back to 1937 Trending Jesuit Father Leo O'Donovan speaking at the Dutch Embassy in Washington D.C. in 2017 (Photo: en.wikipedia.org) Jesuit Father Leo O'Donovan, former president of Georgetown University, will deliver the invocation at the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden on Jan. 20. The priest, a friend of the Biden family, was the main celebrant at the funeral Mass for Biden's son Beau in 2015 at St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Wilmington, Delaware. He confirmed with...