Peter Thiel Accuses Benedict XVI’s Longtime Friend of Being the Antichrist

Benedict hosted Hans Küng at Castel Gandolfo for four hours in 2005 and personally praised the global ethic that Thiel’s new First Things essay treats as the Antichrist’s signature. JD Vance’s benefactor left the dinner out.

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Peter Thiel has a new suspect.

Having already name-checked Pope Leo XIV, Pope Francis, and the climate activist Greta Thunberg for the dishonor, the Palantir co-founder has now settled on a Swiss theologian who died five years ago.