Blase Bonpane, a former Maryknoll priest who became a peace activist in Central America and beyond, died at 89.
Blase Bonpane with his wife, Theresa. The two founded and ran Office of the Americas, a nonprofit that decried U.S. involvement in Central America.
Soon after, Maryknoll expelled Bonpane from its ranks. He returned to Los Angeles, and launched a lifetime of antiwar activism that saw him turn into a stateside Jeremiah on Central America, someone whose warnings about the blowback that American influence in the region would create resonates to the present.“He was the cornerstone of our family, and we will miss him and honor him,” the Bonpane family said in a statement.
Among the young priest’s earliest assignments: the college circuit, where Bonpane lectured to undergrads about “the fundamentals of Christian life,” according to an early professional biography. The efforts to uplift Guatemalans made Bonpane a target; shortly before the Maryknolls recalled him, someone firebombed his office.His first-hand experience in Guatemala and blunt language made Bonpane a go-to source for the American media during the 1970s and 1980s, as Central America plunged into civil war.
“He was one of my heroes,” longtime friend Martin Sheen told The Times on Tuesday. “He is irreplaceable.”In his spare time, Bonpane taught political science at colleges across Southern California, wrote multiple books and hosted “World Focus,” a radio show onShare quote & link
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