Archbishop Desmond Tutu - RIP
On this post, please find some links to media reports, reflections and opinion pieces marking the death of the Most Reverend Desmond Tutu on December 26, 2021.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a Nobel laureate and an anti-apartheid veteran, died in Cape Town at the age of 90, the country’s presidency said in a statement on Sunday. The passing of Tutu is “another chapter of bereavement in our nation’s farewell to a generation of outstanding South Africans who have bequeathed us a liberated South Africa,” President Cyril Ramaphosa said.
Report of the Archbishop's death and an obit from the Anglican Communion News site: December 26
Coverage in The Guardian, article by Sir Bob Geldof, December 26
Tribute from the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, ABC's website December 26
