Trump-friendly tech billionaire Peter Thiel has begun hosting private gatherings only miles from the Vatican to talk about the Antichrist.
Thiel first started speaking about the Antichrist last year in San Francisco, according to The Daily Beast, which notes that he’s been “pushing the idea that a figure opposing Christ [will] soon emerge to create a ‘totalitarian one-world government.'”
In his speeches/lectures, Thiel has reportedly referred to climate zealot Greta Thunberg as one of the “legionnaires of the Antichrist” and called Pope Leo XIV a “woke American pope.” He’s also warned about the dangers of “woke” policies.
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A year later, Thiel “has taken his teachings to the Catholic Church’s backyard” by bringing his discussions/lectures to Rome, where he’s hosting invitation-only conferences from this past Sunday to Wednesday.
“His remarks will be anchored on science and technology, and will comment on the theology, history, literature, and politics of the Antichrist,” an event invite viewed by the Associated Press reads.
“Religious thinkers upon whom Peter will draw include René Girard, Francis Bacon, Jonathan Swift, Carl Schmitt, and John Henry Newman,” the invitation continues.
The AP notes that these lectures “appear to follow the blueprint of” the Bay Area lectures Thiel gave last year.
NEW: Billionaire and Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel to hold secret ‘Antichrist’ lecture at an undisclosed location on the “Vatican’s doorstep” in Rome.
The private lecture is being met with criticism from the Vatican.
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For reasons that remain unclear, his decision to speak/lecture about the Antichrist only miles from the Vatican has Catholics freaking out.
For instance, the event was originally supposed to be held at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, but then the school chose to distance itself from Thiel.
“We would like to clarify that this event is not organized by the University, will not take place at the Angelicum, and is not part of any of our institutional initiatives,” the school said in a statement.
Similarly, while an announcement for the event claimed it was organized in part by the Cluny Institute at the Catholic University of America (CUA) in Washington, the school has also distanced itself.
“The Catholic University of America is not sponsoring or hosting an event featuring Peter Thiel this month in Rome,” a university spokesperson told the AP. “The Cluny Project is an independent initiative incubated at the university.”
Some in the Vatican have also pushed back.
“Thiel’s entire body of work can be interpreted as a sustained act of heresy against the liberal consensus: a challenge to the very foundations of civil coexistence, which he now considers outdated,” a former advisor to the late Pope Francis recently wrote, according to The Times.
“As far as democratic co-existence is concerned, the idea of pursuing a project that leads to the dissolution of certain democratic structures through pervasive and powerful technology is detrimental to a collective good such as democracy,” he added.
Thiel has long been a critic of the Vatican:
Zionist billionaire Peter Thiel claims that around 80% of cardinals in the Catholic Church are gay and “you don’t get promoted to a cardinal if you’re straight.”
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During the first “talk” on Sunday, Thiel urged “governments to promote higher birth rates and to invest in nuclear energy as an alternative to fossil fuels,” according to The Times.
He also distanced himself from the Pope, who has come out as a critic of AI technology, warning against those who seek to demonize AI. In fact, Thiel even predicted that Democrats in the States will run AGAINST AI in the 2028 presidential election.
“He said AI was an opportunity, not the end of the world,” Davide Quadri of Matteo Salvini’s League (a political party), who was among those who attended, later told The Times. “I was struck by the pragmatism of his speech and its depth.”
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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