“Desmond Tutu had no reason to act as he did other than his profound sense of our shared humanity in working for a world in which justice and the wellbeing of all is an expression of his ethical ...

Family, friends and dignitaries gathered for Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s official state funeral on New Year’s Day in Cape Town, capping a week of events honoring a man long considered to be the ...

The children had been talking about peace-making, so I reminded them of Jesus’s famous words: ‘Blessed are the peacemakers, ...

Desmond Mpilo Tutu, the son of a schoolteacher and a laundress, was born Oct. 7, 1931, in a small gold-mining town in the Transvaal, the South African heartland.

(RNS) — Retired Anglican Archbishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu, the man who became synonymous with South Africa’s nonviolent struggle against apartheid, died Sunday (Dec. 26) at the age of 90.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and veteran of South Africa's struggle against apartheid who was revered as his nation's conscience by both Black and white, died on Sunday ...

Bishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa displays an “End Apartheid” T-shirt at New York’s City Hall on May 27, 1986. AP “Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s life was a gift,” former President Bill ...

RIP, Archbishop Desmond Tutu.” As a young reporter, I interviewed Archbishop Desmond Tutu at a demonstration in NYC just before the beginning of the Iraq War in 2003. Asked him what his message was.

The death of Archbishop Desmond Tutu spurred a week of mourning in his home country of South Africa, leading to an environmentally-friendly sendoff per his wishes.. Family members and close ...

Desmond Tutu received a Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his work to end human rights violations in apartheid-era South Africa. He was recognized for speaking out against racial injustices and promoting ...

Family, friends and dignitaries gathered for Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s official state funeral on New Year’s Day in Cape Town, capping a week of events honoring a man long considered to be the ...