Peter Thiel's Controversial Antichrist Lecture Series in Rome Draws Vatican Backlash
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Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel is hosting a controversial invitation-only lecture series on the Antichrist in Rome, near the Vatican. The four-lecture conference has drawn significant attention and controversy, leading Catholic universities initially associated with the event to deny official involvement. Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and Palantir, has deep interests in apocalyptic concepts and has been politically active, including supporting Vice President JD Vance.
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The invitation-only conference in Rome, from Sunday to Wednesday, has proven so controversial that the Catholic universities initially associated with it have all denied official involvement.
Thiel is a co-founder of PayPal and Palantir, the data-mining company that has been assisting the Trump administration's migrant deportation crackdown.
An early donor to the political career of Vice President JD Vance, Thiel is also deeply interested in the apocalyptic concept of the Antichrist and end-of-world Armageddon.
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