Archbishop Desmond Tutu, OMSG, CH, GCStJ, (1931–2021) was a South African Anglican cleric and theologian known for his work as an anti-apartheid and human rights activist. He received numerous awards and distinctions for his work around the world.
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Our ‘charter for compassion’ is a summons to creative, practical and sustained action to address the great problems of our time
Commemorating Desmond Tutu's eightieth birthday, this stirring biography commemorates the life, philosophy, faith, and achievements of one of the greatest moral heroes of our time.
Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.
Interview with Desmond Tutu where he answers questions from the UNESCO Courier.
Director Tom Shadyac speaks with intellectual and spiritual leaders about what's wrong with our world and how we can improve both it and the way we live in it.
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu briefly describes Ubuntu and presents his hopes for a new world.
Forgiving and being reconciled to our enemies or our loved ones are not about pretending that things are other than they are. It is not about patting one another on the back and turning a blind eye to the wrong. True reconciliation exposes the awfulness, the abuse, the hurt, the truth.
Prayer, our conversation with God, needs no set formulas or flowery phrases. It often needs no words at all. But for most believers, the words of others can be a wonderful aid to devotion, especially when these words come from faithful fellow pilgrims.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, head of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, appeals to former Pres P W Botha to apologize for the pain apartheid caused, even if he never intended it, but Botha refuses; appeal comes after Tutu completes testimony in Botha's trial on contempt charges for...
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