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  • 19 Nov 2007
    Williams should tackle Anglican homophobia, says Desmond Tutu

    Nobel Peace Laureate and South African Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu says that Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams should be tackling homophobia in the church and making it a welcoming place for lesbian and gay people.

  • 16 Nov 2007
    Tutu to preside over Church Army's anniversary year

    Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace prize winner and the man who kept hope alive for millions of South Africans during the apartheid era, has been announced by Church Army as it's new President in the society's 125th anniversary year.

  • 9 Oct 2007
    Protests greet American university ban on Desmond Tutu

    Students, academics, human rights campaigners and a Jewish peace group have protested loudly at the decision of the Catholic University of St Thomas, Minnesota, to cancel a campus visit by Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, because he has criticized Israeli government policy.

  • 27 Sep 2007
    Desmond Tutu hails Aung San Suu Kyi as Burma troops react

    South Africa's Nobel peace winner and Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has hailed the courage and inspiration of Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi - as he expressed support for nonviolent direct action against the dictatorship.

  • 20 Sep 2007
    Brown to take tougher line on Zimbabwe following archbishop's call

    Prime Minister Gordon Brown look set to boycott a summit of European and African leaders to be attended by the Zimbabwean President. It follows a call at the weekend by Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, to take a tougher line on Zimbabwe.

  • 14 Sep 2007
    Tutu rocks the web for AIDS in world record attempt

    The Anthem for AIDS campaign featuring desmond Tutu aims to set a Guinness World Record for the first charity single to achieve one million sales by download only.

  • 14 Sep 2007
    Tutu says forgive, don't retaliate, on 9/11 anniversary

    On the sixth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorists attacks, Desmond M. Tutu, Anglican Archbishop emeritus of Cape Town, South Africa delivered a message of forgiveness to those gathered at the Chapel of the Good Shepherd on the campus of General Theological Seminary (GTS) in New York City.

  • 7 Sep 2007
    Tutu wants social division and injustice to burger off

    Getting together round the fire and having a good nosh and natter is a great way to combat prejudice and social division, reckons ex-Cape Town Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who has just become patron of South Africa's Barbecue (Braai) Day.

  • 1 Sep 2007
    Desmond Tutu pleads for no exclusions at Lambeth Conference

    Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town Desmond Tutu has made an emotional appeal to Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams to invite all Anglican bishops to the 2008 global Lambeth Conference, "even those irregularly consecrated or actively gay."

  • 8 Aug 2007
    Tutu hails people's legal verdict against drugs giant

    Emeritus Archbishop Desmond Tutu and other global church leaders have welcomed a ruling from the Madras High Court in Chennai that dismissed a challenge to the constitutionality of India's patent law from a Swiss pharmaceutical giant.