OK, then - maybe now I'M wearing the papist foil hat?
So far, the info-machine for Big Catholic Church seems to be leaning toward this guy.
	
	
		
			
				
			
			
				
				Pope Leo XIV expresses concern about political violence and is praying for the late American activist Charlie Kirk, his wife, and two children, ...
				
					
						
							
						
					
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				Catholic priests around the country have discussed the assassination of Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk during their homilies in the last week.
				
					
						
							
						
					
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				German Catholic Cardinal Gerhard Müller referred to Charlie Kirk as “a martyr for Jesus Christ” and condemned the “satanic celebration” of his death.
				
					
						
							
						
					
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				Slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk was reportedly strongly considering becoming Catholic just prior to his assassination, according to a bishop.
				
					
						
							
						
					
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I'm seeing this narrative track out there, now ....
	
	
		
			
				
			
			
				
				“Even in death, Charlie managed to save the lives of those around him. Remarkable. Miraculous,” said a Turning Point USA spokesman.
				
					
						
							
						
					
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				Charlie Kirk died after being shot at a Utah university last week, with doctors calling it miraculous the bullet remained in his body, his friend said.
				
					
						
							
						
					
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				More details about the circumstances of Charlie Kirk’s death have come to light. Andrew Kolvet, a spokesperson for Kirk’s Turning Point USA and an executive producer of The Charlie Kirk Show, claimed to have recently spoken with a doctor who treated Kirk’s fatal injuries. “I want to address some...
				
					
						
							
						
					
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				“He was a missionary, he’s an evangelist, he’s a hero,” New York’s archbishop said of Kirk.
				
					
						
							
						
					
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				Timothy Dolan, the New York cardinal, compared Charlie Kirk, the slain conservative political commentator, to a ‘modern-day St Paul’.
				
					
						
							
						
					
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Could only the crustiest, most jaded of political cynics consider all this even the
 tiniest move in this direction?
	
	
		
			
				
			
			
				
				The Catholic Church has set in place rigorous criteria for determining if a person can be named “Saint,” including performance of a miracle. But how does the Church determine what is a miracle?
				
					
						
							
						
					
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				Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII will be declared saints by Pope Francis on Sunday. The BBC looks at the steps required for an individual to become a saint.
				
					
						
							
						
					
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Now, technically, if he 
reportedly came >>>this<<< close to converting, my understanding is that he can't be declared a saint.  Still, there may be some wiggle room out there:
	
	
		
			
				
			
			
				
				While I am unaware of any canonized saints who the Church would not consider in union with the Catholic faith, I do know that we…
				
					
						
							
						
					
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				It is theoretically possible that the Church could canonize a non-Catholic, because canonization is simply an official acknowledgment that a particular person i...
				
					
						
							
						
					
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				No doubt many saints are in heaven who were not Catholics here on earth. But it is not likely that any non-Catholic Christian denomination would present one of...
				
					
						
							
						
					
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				Folk saints, canonized or not, stand as champions of the people, and embody hope for a more just and equitable world.
				
					
						
							
						
					
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