BySTACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
Published:03:31 EDT, 11 March 2026|Updated:04:07 EDT, 11 March 2026
A Catholic priest has issued a chilling warning that global events may be aligning in ways some theologians believe could prepare the world for the rise of the Antichrist.
The Antichrist is a figure in Christian theology believed to be a powerful deceiver who will oppose Jesus Christ and lead many people away from the faith before the end of the world.
Speaking on the Shawn Ryan Show, Father Chad Ripperger said: 'The Antichrist has to be able to rule the world. He's not going to rule through governance. He's going to rule it through economies.'
He explained that several conditions described by early Church leaders appear to be unfolding in modern society.
Early Christian theologians taught that the Antichrist would emerge during a period of widespread moral collapse, something he believes has already been underway for decades.
'That's happened since the 1950s. There's been an implosion where people just aren't following the laws of God and of the natural law in any sense of the term,' Ripperger said, agreeing that the 'stage is set' for the rise of the Antichrist.
He also warned that the Antichrist would not rise to power through politics alone, but through control of the global economy.
The Catholic priest said modern financial systems and emerging digital technologies could potentially create the kind of centralized economic control described in biblical prophecy.
Source: Drudge Report
