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Leonardo de Chirico

Date posted: 17 Oct 2026

In March 2026, the Antichrist became a viral topic in the Italian media. The sudden surge of interest in apocalyptic themes stemmed from Peter Thiel’s secret and mysterious visit (to a certain extent, since everyone was talking about it) to Rome.

Thiel is one of the most powerful and wealthy figures in the global tech-finance scene. He is a co-founder of PayPal and Palantir, but he also aspires to be the leading thinker of an ideological movement that intertwines eschatological ideas with post-democratic and plutocratic political narratives.

evangelicals & catholics

Leonardo de Chirico

Date posted: 21 Jul 2026

One year after his election in May last year, is it possible to discern some key themes of Leo XIV’s pontificate?

Here are three remarks.

evangelicals & catholics

Leonardo de Chirico

Date posted: 6 Apr 2026

As expected, the highlight of the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea was the ecumenical prayer presided over by Pope Leo XIV at the ruins of the church of St Neophytus in Nicaea (today the name of the town is Isnik), where the Council meetings were held in 325 AD.

The Pope was symbolically at the centre of the scene, the point of connection between everyone, flanked by the Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew and other ecclesiastical dignitaries seated behind him in lesser roles.

evangelicals & catholics

Leonardo de Chirico

Date posted: 8 Feb 2026

This is the final instalment of five articles in which I have been looking at Dan Strange’s five magnetic points – the five fundamentals that all human beings are looking for and to which they are magnetically drawn, and which can be seen in the lives of Catholics.

The fifth magnetic point is the reality of a higher power: a way to measure up to the supernatural. From a Biblical viewpoint, we must remember what Jesus said: “I am the light of the world. Anyone who follows me will never walk in the darkness but will have the light of life” (John 8v12). He is the Highest Power who became a human being we can know and love personally. He is also the only mediator between God and us (1 Tim. 2v5). He is the only one who died, rose from the dead and can intercede for us.