60 Catholics Who Changed the World

The Catholic Church has a longstanding and outstanding tradition that makes for a powerful source of innovations for the world. The sixty Catholics mentioned in this book testify to it. Each one of them made a significant contribution that we can, and do, benefit from every day.1. ALBERT THE GREAT: SCIENCE & RELIGION 2. ALCUIN OF YORK: SCHOOLS 3. ANGELICA, MARY: MASS COMMUNICATION 4. ANSELM OF CANTERBURY: SLAVERY 5. ATHANASIUS OF ALEXANDRIA: ONE GOD 6. BARAT, MADELEINE-SOPHIE: EDUCATION OF WOMEN 7. BEDE THE VENERABLE: HISTORY 8. BELLARMINE, ROBERT: HUMAN RIGHTS 9. BENEDICT OF NURSIA: HOSPITALS 10. BOSCO, GIOVANNI: URBANIZATION 11. BRANDSMA, TITUS: FREEDOM OF PRESS 12. CAFASSO, JOSEPH: PRISONS13. CAMILLUS DE LELLIS: RED CROSS 14. CANISIUS, PETER: THE CATECHISM 15. CARREL, ALEXIS: MIRACLES 16. CATHERINE OF SIENA: FEMINISM 17. CHESTERTON, G. K.: COMMON SENSE 18. CLAVER, PETER: SLAVE TRADE 19. CONSTANTINE THE GREAT: A BREAKTHROUGH 20. COPERNICUS, NICOLAUS: HELIOCENTRISM 21. CYRIL AND METHODIUS: THE VERNACULAR 22. DAMIEN DE VEUSTER: LEPROSY 23. DAY, DOROTHY: SOCIAL JUSTICE 24. DOWLING, EDWARD: ADDICTIONS 25. DREXEL, KATHARINE: HUMAN DIVERSITY 26. DUHEM, PIERRE: SCIENCE ROOTS 27. FRANCIS OF ASSISI: MOTHER EARTH 28. FRANCIS XAVIER: MISSIONARIES 29. GONZALEZ, ROQUE: JESUIT REDUCTIONS 30. GREENE, GRAHAM: NOVELS 31. GREGORY THE GREAT: PAPAL AUTHORITY 32. GREGORY VII: CHURCH AND STATE 33. GREGORY XIII: GREGORIAN CALENDAR 34. GUTENBERG, JOHANNES: PRINTING PRESS 35. HIERONYMUS, EUSEBIUS: THE BIBLE 36. HILDEGARD OF BINGEN: USING TALENTS 37. IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH: CATHOLIC OR CHRISTIAN ?38. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA: GOD’S SOLDIERS 39. ISIDORE OF SEVILLE: SCHOOLING 40. JOHN PAUL II: COMMUNISM 41. JUSTIN THE MARTYR: FAITH AND REASON 42. LANDSTEINER, KARL: BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS 43. LEMAÎTRE, GEORGES: BIG BANG44. LEO XIII: SOCIAL TEACHING 45. LEWIS, C.S.: APOLOGETICS 46. MARITAIN, JACQUES: HUMAN RIGHTS 47. MCCORVEY, NORMA: ABORTION 48. MCLUHAN, MARSHALL: SOCIAL MEDIA 49. MENDEL, GREGOR: GENETICS 50. MORE, THOMAS: RELIGIOUS LIBERTY 51. PASTEUR, LOUIS: MICRO-ORGANISMS 52. PAUL OF TARSUS: APOSTLE WITHOUT BORDERS 53. PAUL VI: SEXUAL REVOLUTION 54. PIUS XII: NOT HITLER’S POPE 55. RYAN, JOHN AUGUSTAN: MINIMUM WAGE56. SCHUMACHER, E.F.: SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL 57. SEMMELWEIS, IGNAZ: WASHING HANDS 58. SERRA, JUNÍPERO: ONE HUMAN RACE 59. TERESA OF CALCUTTA: WHO ARE THE POOREST? 60. THOMAS AQUINAS: NO DOUBLE TRUTH＂Taken from various times and places, we have here specifically Catholics who, in their works and lives, have improved the world in one way or another. Many good things need to be invented, begun, organized, or planned. We have here a welcome reflection on who such people are and what they did because of their Catholic outlook on the world.＂ - Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. (1928-2019), who was a Professor at Georgetown University.＂These 60 Catholics truly did change the world for the better, and any Catholic can at the least change his or her world for the better. May these 60 give you inspiration in your own life-I know they have in mine!＂ - Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, co-author with Bishop Richard Henning of Missionary Priests in the Homeland