The Rev. Blase Bonpane. (Office of the Americas)

The Rev. Blase Bonpane, a Catholic priest and author of the new book “The Nicene Heresy: Christendom and War, Reverence and Critique” speaks with Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer on Scheer’s KCRW show, “Scheer Intelligence.” They discuss Bonpane’s career working for peace in Central America and his conflicted relationship with the Catholic Church.

—Posted by Alexander Reed Kelly

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