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evangelicals & catholics

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.