Office of the Americas

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.

[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.