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The Office of the Americas is a non-profit organization based in Los Angeles, California and founded in April 1983 by Theresa Bonpane, who along with her husband, Blase, [1] continue as the Director and Founding Director, respectively, of the organization. The OOA is dedicated to furthering the cause of justice and peace through broad-based educational programs, and is a recognized source of documentation and analysis of current international events with a focus on the foreign policy of the United States.

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Blase Bonpane speaking at Progressive Democrats event

For more than 50 years, Bonpane broadcast the weekly World Focus. In June 2018, he announced that the program had come to an end. [2] [3] Sundays from 10:00 am to 11:00 am on Pacifica Radio's KPFK out of Los Angeles.[ citation needed ]

Blase Bonpane authored many books, based on his radio commentaries, and his experiences as a former priest working in Latin America. Blase' autobiography, Imagine No Religion, was published by Red Hen Press in 2011. [4] In 2015, he published a book of commentaries about Pope Francis' 2nd Encyclical, laudato si (Praise be to you): On the Care of our Common Home. [5] His most recent publication is The Nicene Heresy - Christendom and War - Reverence and Critique. [6]

Programs of the Office of the Americas include:

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References

  1. Bonpane, Blase; Cardenal, Ernesto (1985). Guerrillas of peace : liberation theology and the Central American Revolution (3rd ed.). San Jose, California: ToExcel. ISBN   0595004180. OCLC   52533905.
  2. "Blase Says Goodbye to World Focus after Half a Century of Broadcasting". Office of the Americas. May 15, 2018. Archived from the original on December 14, 2018. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
  3. "World Focus". Archived from the original on February 28, 2011. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
  4. Bonpane, Blase (2011). Imagine no religion : an autobiography: from Central America to the Middle East, the life story of a leader in the movement for social justice and peace (1st ed.). Pasadena, CA: Red Hen Press. ISBN   9781597096706. OCLC   729341812.
  5. Pope Francis (December 26, 2016). The complete encyclicals, bulls, and apostolic exhortations. Notre Dame, Indiana. ISBN   9781594717390. OCLC   952971259.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. Bonpane, Blase (April 2, 2016). The Nicene heresy - Christendom and war: reverence and critique. Los Angeles, California. ISBN   9780692674130. OCLC   968216757.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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