In a year marked by heightened conflict and fraying social trust, over a thousand people have gathered at the Cape Town ...

1954-1957 - Teaches school. He resigns in protest of government restrictions on education for black children. 1961 - Is ordained an Anglican priest. 1975 - Becomes the first black appointed Anglican ...

The world has lost a champion for civil rights. Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa died Sunday. He was 90 and had been battling prostate cancer since the late 1990s. Teresa Barnes, the Director ...

Retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu will attend South African president Nelson Mandela’s funeral Sunday, after briefly canceling plans because he said he was left off the guest list by government ...

JOHANNESBURG — Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice, has died at 90. Tutu was an uncompromising foe of apartheid, South Africa’s brutal regime of ...

On what would have been Desmond Tutu's 94th birthday, we reflect on his unwavering commitment to justice and the parallels ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — South African retired archbishop Desmond Tutu has returned for hospital treatment, a week after he left a Cape Town hospital following an intensive antibiotics course for an ...

The 15th Desmond Tutu International Peace Lecture, one of South Africa’s most influential platforms for global dialogue, ...

The late Archbishop Desmond Tutu did more than just help dismantle apartheid in South Africa as his “conscience was universal ...

The first lady and archbishop do push-ups and play soccer to engage youngsters. June 23, 2011— -- First lady Michelle Obama did some push-ups and kicked around soccer balls alongside Anglican ...

Tutu van Furth told the BBC that the Church of England decision "seemed really churlish and hurtful." The BBC said that because of the church ruling the funeral on Thursday was moved from St. Michael ...