François Houtart (Brussels, 1925) ndi Aku Belgium wazachikhalidwe ndi wansembe wa Katolika.

Anaphunzira nzeru ndi zamulungu ku seminare ya Mechelen (Belgium) ndipo anakhala a wansembe mu 1949. Anapeza a digiri yachiwiri in ndale ndi sayansi ya chikhalidwe cha anthu pa ChikatolikaUniversity of Leuven (Belgium). Anapeza digiri ku International Superior Institute of Urbanism (Brussels, Belgium). Anapeza a PhD mu sociology kuchokera ku University of Louvain Mtengo wa UCL.

Zolemba zake za udokotala zinali zochokera ku chikhalidwe cha anthu a Buddhism ku Sri Lanka ndipo anali pulofesa ku UCL (kumeneko) kuyambira 1958 mpaka 1990. Iye ndi wophunzira. wolemba komanso wolemba nawo zofalitsa zambiri zokhudzana ndi chikhalidwe cha anthu ndi zipembedzo. Anatumikira monga mkonzi wamkulu wa International Journal of Sociology of Religion, "Kampasi YachikhalidweKwa zaka makumi anayi (1960-1999).Concilium lomwe linakhazikitsidwa pa yunivesite ya Nijmegen, pa nkhani za sociology of chipembedzo.

Adatenga nawo gawo ngati a peritus katswiri mu magawo a Vatican II (1962-1965) akugwira ntchito yofunika kwambiri pakupanga kukhazikitsidwa kwa Gaudium et Spes. Houtart, kwa zaka zambiri, adapanga njira yophunzirira zipembedzo padziko lonse lapansi.

Lero akutumikira ngati mlangizi ku CETRI (Center Tricontinental) ku Belgium mabungwe omwe si aboma zomwe adaziyambitsa mu 1976. Cholinga cha CETRI ndikulimbikitsa kukambirana ndi mgwirizano pakati pa magulu a anthu padziko lonse lapansi ndi magulu a anthu komanso kulimbikitsa kukana ndi kuchitapo kanthu. Houtart ndi m'modzi mwa mamembala omwe akugwira nawo ntchito kwambiri World Social Forum. Masiku ano akugwira ntchito kwambiri munkhani ya Globalization and Ethics.

Pankhani yamavuto azachuma padziko lonse lapansi mu 2008, Houtart adaitanidwa ndi UN kuti athane ndi mavuto azachuma padziko lonse lapansi mu Okutobala 2008 ndi Purezidenti wa UN ku New York.