The core of liberation theology is profoundly theologal - that is, rooted in the very nature of God. You see, there's an immediate relationship between God, oppression, liberation: God is in the poor who cry out. And God is the one who listens to the cry and liberates, so that the poor no longer need to cry out. ( Leonardo Boff, p. 166)

~ Mev Puleo

Mev Puleo God Liberation Theology Oppression

I don't tolerate politics that come from anger. I want a politics derived from beauty... I don't admire politicians, but poets. (Rubem Alves, p. 189)

~ Mev Puleo

Mev Puleo Anger Beauty Poetry Politics

I think all the politicians in Brazil use God. They always present themselves as the defenders of God. This is because power searches for its legitimation starting from God, religious legitimation. (Carlos Mesers, p. 123)

~ Mev Puleo

Mev Puleo Politics Power Religion

I think both Protestants and Catholics have killed the woman for the sake of the mother. (Rubem Alves, p. 201)

~ Mev Puleo

Mev Puleo Catholic Church Protestantism Women

First, people should open their eyes to see structural sin, which is the very existence of a First and Third World. As long as there's a First World, there won't be peace because there won't be justice or sharing. (Pedro Casaldaliga, p. 243)

~ Mev Puleo

Mev Puleo First World Peace Sin Third World

Jesus revealed a face of God that bothered society profoundly! (Carlos Mesters, p. 122)

~ Mev Puleo

Mev Puleo Jesus Society

Certainly, the wealth of the rich is a consequence of the poverty of the poor. (Lori Altmann, p. 85)

~ Mev Puleo

Mev Puleo Poverty Wealth

...the oppressor is truly repressed. Their poverty is existential, often surrounded by an abundance of material goods. (Leonardo Boff, p. 179)

~ Mev Puleo

Mev Puleo Oppressor Wealth

Theology alone doesn't convine anyone.Only those words which are pregnant with action, theology that is born of suffering, of struggles, of the poor--this theology is a testimony. This theology leads to conversion. (Leonardo Boff, p. 169)

~ Mev Puleo

Mev Puleo Poverty Suffering The Poor Theology

I believe that theology is facing the abyss.I must face the abyss, the abyss of existence, the abyss of mystery. (Rubem Alves, p. 189)

~ Mev Puleo

Mev Puleo Abyss Theology

Truly, I've learned more theology living in poor neighborhoods than in classrooms. At times I wonder if the questions of traditional theology have any meaning for the poor. And the poor here mean eighty percent of the population! (Ivone Gebara, p. 209)

~ Mev Puleo

Mev Puleo The Poor Theology

...the church lives in a regime of ecclesial authoritarian security and the military elites live in a regime of national authoritarian security. These structures produce the same kind of authoritarian people, with a super defensive stance in their strategies and argumentation. This is why they understand each other! (Leonardo Boff, p. 178)

~ Mev Puleo

Mev Puleo Military The Church