The leader of the group was the Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, a Catholic priest who was leading the discussion that day. It was there that I first heard Gutiérrez, who died Oct. 22, say ...

Gustavo Gutiérrez Merino, the Peruvian Dominican priest considered the ”father” of liberation theology, died Oct. 22 at the age of 96. The Dominican Province of St. John the Baptist of Peru ...

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 ...

Fr. Gustavo Gutierrez Merino, O.P., who is regarded as the father of liberation theology. (photo: Photo courtesy of Notre Dame/Matt Cashore.) Father Gustavo Gutiérrez Merino, the Peruvian ...

I still remember my first encounter with Gustavo Gutiérrez, the Peruvian liberation theologian and Dominican priest who died October 22. It was a mild winter in the town of Chaclacayo, 20 miles away ...

(RNS) — Once criticized by Catholic conservatives and the Vatican, Gutiérrez and his emphasis on caring for the poor were rehabilitated by Pope Francis. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A towering figure ...

By Bill Friskics-Warren 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 ...

The overwhelming response in the United States to Dominican Fr. Gustavo Gutiérrez's death Oct. 22 at age 96 shows how the renowned Peruvian theologian's influence spread well beyond Latin America.

FILE - Peruvian theologian Gustavo Gutierrez speaks during a press conference at the Vatican, Tuesday, May 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File) LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian theologian ...

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 ...

Though his landmark book, A Theology of Liberation, came from an era of military dictatorships and guerrilla rebels, the real revolution Gustavo Gutiérrez, O.P., helped usher in was upending how ...

How the Peruvian priest influenced the fathers of integral mission. Gustavo Gutiérrez Merino, the father of liberation theology and Catholic theologian who first argued for a “preferential ...