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Ed Wilkinson

Ed Wilkinson is editor emeritus of The Tablet, news outlet of the Diocese of Brooklyn.

Brooklyn priest who will give benediction at inaugural bonded with Trump over gravesite visit

January 19, 2025
By Ed Wilkinson
OSV News
Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News

Father Frank Mann and Donald Trump, former president and now president-elect, have become so close that the Brooklyn-born priest has been invited to deliver the closing benediction at Trump’s inauguration ceremony Jan. 20 in Washington.

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