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Peruvian theologian Gustavo Gutiérrez died on 22 October at the age of 96. (Catholic Register)
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How ‘shantytown’ priest Gustavo Gutiérrez changed the world

He developed liberation theology, rooted in the lived experience of the oppressed, and committed to transforming unjust social and political structures

  • Richard Pithouse
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