Oct. 16 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1701, Yale University was founded. In 1793, following her conviction for treason, French Queen Marie Antoinette, wife of Louis XVI, was beheaded on the ...

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Anglican cleric whose good humor, inspiring message and conscientious work for civil and human rights made him a revered leader during the ...

At St. Alban’s Church, the seat of the Anglican diocese of Johannesburg, it was time for the morning prayer meeting. In the boardroom, the staff had assembled, about 20 men and women, black and white.

JOHANNESBURG Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning icon, an uncompromising foe of the country’s past racist policy of apartheid and a modern-day activist for racial justice and LGBT ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning icon, an uncompromising foe of apartheid and a modern-day activist for racial justice and LGBT rights, died Sunday at 90.

Tutu held various distinguished positions in the 1970s, enabling him to actively fight against apartheid and for equality between races in South Africa. Using his degree in theology and his teaching ...

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 retired Anglican bishop said the end of former South African President Nelson Mandela's life robbed him of his dignity. Retired Anglican bishop Desmond Tutu, who describes as "disgraceful" the way ...

Alison meets Episcopal minister and activist, and daughter of Bishop Desmond Tutu, Naomi Tutu. Episcopal minister, educator and activist Naomi Tutu has a remarkable family legacy. The daughter of ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Retired archbishop Desmond Tutu locked eyes with President Obama on Sunday in an emotional moment between two men who have been pioneers for racial progress a world apart.

JERUSALEM — It rained in Bethlehem this past Christmas Eve. But we hardly had the strength to look up in gratitude for the blessed downpour. Because, as in the time of Mary and Joseph, the Holy Land ...