Gustavo Gutiérrez, a founder of liberation theology, dies at 96. As a Catholic priest in Peru, he championed a new approach to theology emphasizing help for the poor and downtrodden.

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A towering figure in the Catholic theological landscape of the past century, the Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, known as the father of liberation theology, died Tuesday night (Oct ...

Gustavo Gutierrez, the Peruvian Catholic priest and professor credited with launching the influential and controversial Liberation Theology movement, has died at the age of 96.

Gustavo Gutiérrez Merino, the father of liberation theology and Catholic theologian who first argued for a “preferential option for the poor,” died on October 22 at the age of 96.

SÃO PAULO (RNS) — The death of the Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, called the “father of liberation theology,” at age 96 on Oct. 22 has set off a reconsideration of the theological and pastoral ...

Peruvian priest Gustavo Gutierrez, regarded as the father of Latin American liberation theology, has died aged 96. He passed away on Tuesday night in Lima, said the Dominican Order of Peru ...

Gustavo Gutiérrez, the Peruvian priest and scholar who was regarded as the father of Latin American liberation theology, a far-reaching school of thought and action born of solidarity with poor ...

The Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, a Peruvian priest known as the father of liberation theology, a movement that reverberated across Latin America and beyond with its emphasis on fighting poverty and ...

LIMA, Peru — The Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, the Peruvian theologian and father of the social justice-centered liberation theology that the Vatican once criticized for its Marxist undercurrents ...

Fr. Gustavo Gutierrez Merino, O.P., who is regarded as the father of liberation theology. (photo: Photo courtesy of Notre Dame/Matt Cashore.) Walter Sánchez Silva/CNA/ACI Prensa Nation October 23 ...

Peruvian theologian Gustavo Gutierrez speaks during a press conference at the Vatican, Tuesday, May 12, 2015. Gustavo Gutiérrez, a Peruvian priest and scholar who was regarded as the father of ...

Gustavo Gutiérrez Merino, the Peruvian Dominican priest considered the ”father” of liberation theology, died Oct. 22 at the age of 96. Tuesday, July 01, 2025 A service of EWTN News ...