Iwas driving the carpool when I learned that Charlie Kirk had been murdered .

I had to pull over. And I wept as a carful of boys sat in stunned silence.

It’s been a tumultuous few weeks for American Catholics.

Kirk was a committed man of Christ whose witness was unrivaled among America’s youth.

He wasn’t Catholic, but he spoke of Mary as the “the solution to toxic feminism” and has been photographed attending Mass with his wife Erika.

His death came just days after Pope Leo canonized two young men who were also tremendous public witnesses for Christ, Saints Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis, the first saint of the Millennial generation.

Tens of thousands of young people joyfully witnessed the event in St. Peter’s Square.

And that came just 10 days after two Catholic schoo

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