Notre Dame, Indiana
Liberation Theology founder turns 90
Pope Francis has sent greetings to “the father of Liberation Theology”, Fr Gustavo Gutiérrez, on his 90th birthday. “Thank you for your efforts and for your way of challenging everyone’s conscience, so that no one remains indifferent to the tragedy of poverty and exclusion,” the Pope wrote. Born in Peru in 1928, Fr Gutiérrez, who is now professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, spent his life championing the needs of Latin America’s poorest. Francis thanked him for his contributions “to the Church and humanity through your theological service and your preferential love for the poor and discarded of society”.
