In an article published in the New York Post, TCA Senior Fellow Ashley McGuire recalls how Charlie Kirk wanted to be “remembered for courage for my faith,” and how that message of faith and family became his dominant theme before he was assassinated. That message cost him his life and is a brutal reminder that Christian values are under attack.
In the article titled, “Charlie Kirk’s Christian Faith drove him – and made him evil’s target,” she shares the following:
“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 solution to toxic feminism’ and has been photographed attending Mass with his wife Erika.
The school shooter was mentally deranged, and Kirk’s killer may turn out to be, too.
But that doesn’t change the reality that Catholics and Christians more broadly feel under siege.
The Family Research Council has recorded more than 500 attacks on Catholic parishes since 2020, and more than 400 on Christian houses of worship last year alone. (Jewish organizations in the US must spend a staggering $765 million a year on security.)
My children’s Catholic school now has constant police presence, and a police officer stands watch outside our Sunday Mass. This is our new reality.
So Kirk’s death feels personal. Who will ever forget the image of Erika Kirk being driven to meet his casket, crying as she displayed his cross necklace and the religious medal he wore when he was murdered in cold blood.
She didn’t need words. We know what she meant: “This is who Charlie Kirk was. Remember him this way.”
