Once considered revolutionary, his notion of empathy and advocacy for the poor has become a central tenet of Catholic social ...

Moved by this suffering, Gutiérrez, a member of the Dominican order, published his most influential book, A Theology of ...

Peruvian theologian the Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, the father of the social justice-centered liberation theology that the ...

In a world that was coming to understand the structural underpinnings of poverty and violence, Father Gutiérrez was a prophet ...

A Peruvian priest who founded liberation theology, a movement advocating an active role for the Roman Catholic Church in ...

Gustavo Gutiérrez Merino, who has died aged 96, was probably the most original and contested theologian of the 20th century, ...

Cardinal Gerhard Müller, former prefect of the then-Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, told OSV News that the late ...

Gustavo Gutierrez, the Peruvian Catholic priest and professor credited with launching the influential and controversial ...

Interview. After the death of Gustavo Gutiérrez, sociologist Michael Löwy, author of The War of the Gods: Religion and ...

Peruvian theologian Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, known as the father of liberation theology, has passed away at 96. His work ...

As a Catholic priest in Peru, he championed a new approach to theology emphasizing help for the poor and downtrodden.

Peruvian theologian Gustavo Gutiérrez, founder of the liberation theology movement, which sparked both great hopes and ...