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

The Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez pioneered social justice-centered liberation theology, once criticized by the Vatican for its ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

Once criticized by Catholic conservatives and the Vatican, Gutiérrez and his emphasis on caring for the poor were ...

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

Gustavo Gutiérrez, the Peruvian priest and revered father of Latin American liberation theology, has died at the age of 96.