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" We need a pope to usher in a new era of inclusion, the end of a sinful clericalism, and a strong sense of duty to those on society's margins. The 1 billion faithful long for a leader who is fearless and driven - not by terror but by love. "

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" Businesses have come and gone at Homeboy Industries. We have had starts and stops, but anything worth doing is worth failing at. We started Homeboy Plumbing. That didn't go so well. Who knew? People didn't want gang members in their homes. I just didn't see that coming. "

Greg Boyle

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" No kid is seeking anything when he joins a gang; he's always fleeing something. He's not being pulled; he's being pushed by the circumstances in which he finds himself. "

Greg Boyle

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" God seems to be an unwilling participant in our efforts to pigeonhole Him. "

" The church needs a pope who can call us to conversion and lead us to take seriously what Jesus did. "

Greg Boyle

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" The powers, conditions, and desires that propel Mexicans and Central Americans into this country are so fundamental, so vast, that no action, legislative or other-wise, can discourage this flight. "

" The arms of God reach to embrace, and somehow you feel yourself just outside God's fingertips. "

" As a society, we come up lacking in many of the marks of compassion and wisdom by which we measure ourselves as civilized. "

" I spent the summers of 1984 and 1985 as an associate pastor at Dolores Mission Church, the poorest parish in the Los Angeles archdiocese. In 1986, I became pastor of the church. "

" The task of dealing comprehensively with gangs belongs to the city, not to law enforcement. "

" Delegations from all over the world visit Homeboy Industries and scratch their heads as we tell them of our difficulty in placing our people in jobs after their time with us. Americans' seeming refusal to believe in a person's ability to redeem himself strikes these folks as foreign indeed. "

" I'm not going to be here forever. I don't plan on going anywhere, but I don't know anybody for whom death is an exception. "

" If you are paying attention, then the day is going to be pretty joyful, and a lot of delight will fill it. "

" You are so much more than the worst thing you've ever done. "

" We can't get at crime unless we know what language it speaks. Otherwise, we are just suppressing the cough, not curing the disease. "

" Homeboy Bakery is an alternative to kids who have found themselves, regrettably, in gangs and want to redirect their lives. "

" The idea that any law enforcement agency or person would ever know these gang members better than Homeboy Industries is impossible. "

" People have to see that there is a high degree of complexity about belonging to a gang. It's a symptom, not a problem. "

" The margins don't get erased by simply insisting that the powers-that-be erase them. "

" I think that any program that's born from below rather than on high is going to survive. "

" People have started to see that 'smart on crime' rather than 'tough on crime' makes sense. "

" All politics are local, and so in church. "

" Dorothy Day, Cesar Chavez - these are people whose thoughts are so important. "

" The truth is this: Brutalized, victimized children invariably will brutalize and victimize when they grow up. Is our only response to this the certain promise that we will penalize them when they do? Or will we commit to keeping our children safe from brutality and victimization? "

" Showing up in the lives of children is everything. "

Greg Boyle

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" In Los Angeles, the gang capital of the world, we have 1,100 gangs and 120,000 gang members so it is a daunting, complex social dilemma. "

" Ours is a God who waits. So who are we not to? "

" There is no 'them' and 'us.' There is only us. "

Greg Boyle

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" What do we know to be true about gang violence? We know we will fail if we fixate on the symptoms and not address what undergirds it. "

" So complex are all the ingredients that cause gang membership that it seems virtually impossible to isolate one solution that can address them all and thereby manufacture a hope for the future upon which these kids can rely. "

" Jesus did not only serve the needs of the people, but truly hoped that the people and Jesus would be one. "