(OSV News) — Catholic bishops and public officials are calling for prayer following the apparent assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who died after being shot Sept. 10 during an event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. In a statement, President Donald Trump said, “The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead.”“No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie,” Trump said. “Dear God, protect Charlie in his darkest hour,” Vance wrote prior to confirmation of Kirk’s death by the president. It must end now.”“Jill and I are praying for Charlie Kirk’s family and loved ones,” he said. “As I also stood on a college campus, I was horrified to learn that my friend Charlie Kirk had been shot,” Hawkins said.