Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 18, 2025 / 16:57 pm

German Catholic Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller referred to Charlie Kirk as “a martyr for Jesus Christ” and condemned the “satanic celebration” of his death by some detractors in an interview published one week after the conservative Christian activist was assassinated.

“From a supernatural perspective, [Kirk] died not as the victim of a political assassination but as a martyr for Jesus Christ — not in the sense of those who are canonized, but as one who bore witness (from the Greek ‘martyros’) through his life,” Müller said in an interview with Rome-based Catholic journalist Diane Montagna , published on Substack on Sept. 17.

“[Kirk] gave his life in following his Lord, as a sacrifice for the truth that man is made in God’s image, mal

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