Keith Fournier is a deacon in the Roman Catholic Church and serves the Melkite Greek (Byzantine) Catholic Church. He is a human rights lawyer, author, scholar, broadcaster, activist, ecumenist and academic. He holds three degrees, and founded  "Common Good," a movement of Christians building solidarity with the poor. Fournier has written seven books, and numerous booklets and articles. He  and his wife, Laurine, have five children and one grandson.