Gustavo Gutiérrez, Peruvian priest and ‘father of liberation theology’, dies at 96
Dominican friar hailed as ‘prophet of the poor’ for belief that the church had political duty to end poverty
Gustavo Gutiérrez, the influential Peruvian priest known as “the father of liberation theology” and hailed as a “prophet of the poor”, has died in Lima at the age of 96.
Gutiérrez, a theologian and Dominican friar, was a celebrated – and sometimes controversial – proponent of the idea that the church needed to side with the poor and to fight to improve their lot.
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