In light of many Catholic colleges and universities hosting separate LGBT “lavender” graduation ceremonies this year, John Yep, president of Catholics for Catholics, shared a personal text exchange he had with the late Charlie Kirk in 2023.
In June of 2023, the University of Notre Dame posted a tweet celebrating so-called “Pride Month.” Charlie publicly bemoaned that this was, from his view, considered the “top” Catholic university. He then reached out personally to Yep, whom he already had a friendship with.
“Stuff like this prevents good people from converting like me,” Charlie said.
Yep replied, “Charlie, Your righteous anger at this would make the God Man proud…for it was the Savior himself who found His Father’s house…full of a den of thieves. Yet instead of leaving it…He cleaned up the house and threw em out…restoring ‘ortho-doxy’…greek for ‘correct teaching’ back.”
“I cannot thank you enough for the example of Faith you do show for you are more ‘Catholic’ than most Catholics.”
“At the same time…it’s [sic] simple,” Yep continued.
WHAT CHARLIE KIRK TEXTED ME: The failure and cowardice of Catholic leaders, especially the Bishops, to put an end to these types of LGTBQ scandals, prompted Charlie Kirk to send me this text message on June 1, 2023:
— Catholics for Catholics 🇺🇲 (@CforCatholics) June 7, 2026
CHARLIE: "Stuff like this prevent good people from converting… https://t.co/Tb2M9L2yp8 pic.twitter.com/bEkTISLaiI
“The US is full of people and leaders who stand for everything the US is not. If I looked at the Bidens and Obamas to determine if I wanted to become American…I would run the other direction. Instead….I look to the documents our Country is founded on…and thereupon make my choice to be and die if necessary…to be an American.”
“It’s [sic] no different in the Catholic Church. The place is full of sinners…but the doctrine is solid with an intellectual arsenal able to answer any challenge posed to it…and with a roster of ‘Founding Fathers’ who gave blood defending it.”
“One day I predict [you’ll] join and become even greater than you are now. In the meantime keep up the good work. Pray for me as I do for you daily here at St Bernadette,” Yep finished.
Their exchange, now made public, points to two things. First, and as Yep has personally testified, Kirk was indeed considering conversion to Catholicism, though clearly held back, at least as of June 2023, due to poor leadership within the Catholic Church.
Second, it demonstrates the compounding negative effects of Church leaders making decisions inconsistent with Catholic doctrine. Not only are celebrations of homosexual lifestyles and culture a grave offense to Jesus Christ and His Bride, the Church, but it also sends a message that Catholic leaders are willing to be swept up with the trends of the time instead of standing firm like a rock.
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