"for their work towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor."[3] (awarded together with East Timorese politician José Ramos-Horta)
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Al Gore (b. 1948) "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change."[7]
"for standing against the Germans when they burned the Louvain Library and deported workmen during the war, making him an international spokesman for the Belgians."[21]
"for his work to aid refugees in Europe and for his idea of creating homes for elderly refugees by making European villages is very original, but very practical."[26][27]
"for his great achievements for the cause of peace through the worldwide establishment of the movement he founded, the Young Christian Workers, and his untiring quest for universal brotherhood resting on social justice."[32]
"for having uplifted the poor and exploited by means of education and self-help projects and having revitalized an ever-widening area of famine-threatened India with a movement based on the most fundamental of human values, a most significant contribution to the achievement of peace in our age, uplifting the poor and exploited by means of education and self-help projects."[34]
"for his unique role in one of the poorest areas of Latin-America as a leader of the progressive minority of the Catholic Church and leading spokesman for non-violent methods to further social change where has played an important international role by contributing to a greater understanding in industrialized countries of the social reality in one of the poorest areas in the world"[35]
^Manjón's beatification cause was initiated on April 1948 and was declared a "Venerable" on 23 November 2020.[12]
^Because of his involvement in politics, he was prohibited from administering the sacraments in 1984 by Pope John Paul II. He was rehabilitated later by Pope Francis in 2019.[16]
^The nominator suspected that Benedict XV as reigning pope would not be taken into consideration, and therefore he nominated Gasparri instead.
^Pope Pius XI died in February 1939 making him ineligible for the peace prize.
^Pope Pius XII was declared a "Venerable" on 19 December 2009.[24]