Category
page 1Catholic pacifists
Mother Teresa
Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and missionary (1910–1997)
Francis of Assisi
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
Frank Capra
Italian-born American film director (1897–1991)
Mairead Maguire
peace activist (born 1944)
Martin Sheen
Ramón Gerard Antonio Estévez, known professionally as Martin Sheen, is an American actor. His work spans more than six decades of television and film, and his accolades include three Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and four Actor Awards. In 1989, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel
Argentine activist, architect and sculptor
Bernard Bolzano
Bohemian mathematician and priest (1781–1848)
Samantha Smith
American peace activist and child actress (1972–1985)
Dorothy Day
American journalist, social activist, and Catholic convert (1897-1980)
Thomas Merton
priest and author (1915–1968)
René Girard
French historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science
Kate Mulgrew
American actress
Franz König
Austrian Catholic cardinal (1905–2004)
Kigeli V of Rwanda
Rwandan king (1936–2016)
Henri Nouwen
Dutch priest and writer (1932-1996)
Andrea Riccardi
Italian historian, professor, politician, and activist
Andreas Maislinger
Austrian political scientist
Lanza del Vasto
philosopher, poet, artist, activist (1901–1981)
Jacques Gaillot
French bishop (1935–2023)
Daniel Berrigan
American Catholic priest, peace activist, and poet (1921–2016)
Andrea Gallo
Italian presbyter (1928–2013)
Antonio Bello
Italian Roman Catholic bishop (1935-1993)
Elias Chacour
former Archbishop of Akko, Haifa, Nazareth and All Galilee of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Thomas Gumbleton
Roman Catholic bishop and activist (1930–2024)
Philip Berrigan
American priest and anti-war activist (1923-2002)
Aristide Pierre Maurin
French social activist and writer, co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement (1877–1949)
Catherine Doherty
Religious order founder; Servant of God (1896–1985)
Ernesto Balducci
Italian writer and priest (1922-1992)
Robert Drinan
American politician (1920-2007)
John Dear
Catholic priest from the United States
Joan Chittister
Roman Catholic nun, activist, writer and academic
J. F. Powers
American writer (1917-1999)
Kathy Kelly
American activist
Ria Beckers
Dutch politician (1938–2006)
Alex Zanotelli
Italian missionary
Gordon Zahn
US sociologist 1918-2007)
Ben Salmon
American activist
James W. Douglass
American activist, writer and theologian
Dorothy Hennessey
American activist (1913–2008)
György Bulányi
Hungarian teacher and priest (1919-2010)