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Peter Thiel's Controversial Lectures on Antichrist in Rome

3/17/2026

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Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist, is in Rome for a series of private lectures on the Antichrist, closed to media.
He argues the Antichrist could emerge as a global government exploiting fears about AI and climate change.
Thiel has criticized Pope Leo XIV as a "woke American pope," and two Catholic institutions distanced themselves from the lectures near the Vatican.
Lectures run March 15–18, 2026.

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Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist, is in Rome for a series of private lectures on the Antichrist, closed to media.
He argues the Antichrist could emerge as a global government exploiting fears about AI and climate change.
Thiel has criticized Pope Leo XIV as a "woke American pope," and two Catholic institutions distanced themselves from the lectures near the Vatican.
Lectures run March 15–18, 2026.