Editor's Note: This article has been updated since it went to press. Since Archbishop Oscar Romero’s martyrdom in a hospital chapel in San Salvador while saying Mass in 1980, his legacy as a ...

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 announced ...

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

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 option for ...

Many of the key concerns explored in theologies of reconciliation have been central to Latin American liberation theology since its inception.... - Published on August 15, 2025 Until recently, little ...

The death of Gustavo Gutiérrez, called the “father of liberation theology,” at age 96 on October 22 has set off a reconsideration of the theological and pastoral movement spawned by the publication of ...

The Dominicans indicated that Father Gutiérrez’s remains would lie in state at the Santo Domingo convent in Lima’s historic center. Fr. Gustavo Gutierrez Merino, O.P., who is regarded as the father of ...

(RNS) — While liberation theology has been criticized for a view of oppression that is too simplistic, young Latin American theologians say Gutiérrez opened the doors for new movements in Catholic ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian theologian the ...

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 ...

Once considered revolutionary, his notion of empathy and advocacy for the poor has become a central tenet of Catholic social teaching. By Bill Friskics-Warren Gustavo Gutiérrez, the Peruvian priest ...