by Sean Reilly | Sep 9, 2008
‘The Bible has revolutionary power to free the poor’, Archbishop Desmond Tutu told a conference of Evangelical UK Christians and church leaders in London at the weekend. The Nobel Prize winner was speaking at an event organised by Evangelical aid agency...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 26, 2008
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has led pleas for repentance, reconciliation and forgiveness following outbreaks of xenophobic attacks by some South Africans on refugees coming from Zimbabwe and elsewhere in Africa. At a Christian service with multi-faith...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 18, 2008
Nelson Mandela, who played a crucial role in ending apartheid in South Africa, is 90 today. After a series of public appearances around the world over the past few weeks, he will spending the day at home with his family. Mr Mandela was jailed 27 years as a member of...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 15, 2008
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has renewed his call for global Anglican leaders to focus on the gospel as a message of hope and healing for the world, and to move beyond factional in-fighting as they gather in Lambeth. The 76-year-old former Archbishop of Cape Town,...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 4, 2008
After “what can be described as a façade election”, the World Council of Churches (WCC) has called for the protection of the Zimbabwe population “against increased and continued violence”, an “intensified international monitoring of the...
