Lifestory: Remembering Gustavo Gutiérrez
Rev JOSEPH NANGLE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, recounts how he was among a group of priests who met with Gutiérrez but that only later did they realise that what he told them were the first moments of what would come to be called liberation theology…
“Father of liberation theology”: Gutiérrez still inspires young Latin American theologians
While liberation theology has been criticised for a view of oppression that is too simplistic, young Latin American theologians say Rev Gustavo Gutiérrez opened the doors for new movements in Catholic thought, even as the Vatican warmed to his legacy. EDUARDO CAMPOS LIMA, of Religion News Service, reports…
Gustavo Gutiérrez, founding father of liberation theology, dies at 96
Vatican City RNS A towering figure in the Catholic theological landscape of the past century, Rev Gustavo Gutiérrez, known as the father of liberation theology, died on Tuesday night at the age of 96. Described as a Marxist by his critics and under Vatican scrutiny for most of his career, he and his work were […]
South Sudan’s late liberation hero Garang in focus during Pope’s visit
Juba, South Sudan Reuters Pope Francis will lead prayers at the mausoleum of South Sudanese liberation hero John Garang on Saturday, an acknowledgement of the importance for the world’s youngest nation of perhaps the one leader who could ensure unity. Garang was killed in a helicopter crash in July, 2005, less than a month after […]
Essay: After 50 years, ‘liberation theology’ is still reshaping Catholicism and politics – but what is it?
LEO GUARDADO, an assistant professor of theology at Fordham University, explains – in an article published on The Conversation – at what liberation theology is and the role it’s played in Catholic thought in Latin America…
Racial justice: Why a Catholic journalist is urging the church to engage Black Lives Matter
ALEJANDRA MOLINA, of Religion News Service, reports on Catholic journalist Olga Marina Segura’s call – contained in her new book – for greater engagement of the US Catholic Church with the Black Lives Matter movement…
Progressive United Methodists announce new denomination: Liberation Methodist Connexion
RNS A group of progressive United Methodists announced on Sunday they are forming a new Methodist denomination, the Liberation Methodist Connexion, or LMX. For half a century, the United Methodist Church has debated the full inclusion of its LGBTQ members. It pushed any discussion of sexuality from its quadrennial General Conference meeting in 2016 to a […]
Brazil: How progressive theologians hope to re-establish dialogue with the Christian right
EDUARDO CAMPOS LIMA reports on hopes among proponents of Liberation Theology that dialogue can be re-established with neo-Pentecostal churches, many of whom are key supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro…
Essay: Archbishop Oscar Romero was gunned down inside his own church 38 years ago. He’ll soon become El Salvador’s first saint
US academic MICHAEL E LEE, in an article first published on The Conversation, reflects on the history of the controversy surrounding the Catholic Church’s upcoming canonisation of slain Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero…
THEOLOGY: CAN A CONTROVERSIAL LATIN AMERICAN MOVEMENT SPEAK TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TODAY?
G JEFFERY MACDONALD, of Religion News Service, reports from the US…