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Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Pretoria, South Africa, March 21, 2003. When Tutu died Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021 at age 90, he was remembered as a Nobel laureate, a spiritual compass, a champion of the anti-apartheid struggle who turned to other global causes after Nelson Mandela, another moral heavyweight, became South Africa's first Black president. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

Tutu: a man of empathy, moral ardor, and some silly jokes

By Christopher Torchia - Associated Press

A woman is comforted outside the historical home of Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu, in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday, Dec. 27, 2021. South Africa's president says Tutu, South Africa's Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and the retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, died Sunday at the age of 90. (AP Photo/Shiraaz Mohamed)

Cape Town bells toll to honor Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s life

By Andrew Meldrum - Associated Press

President Barack Obama presents a 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom to Desmond Tutu Aug. 12, 2009, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Tutu, South Africa's Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, has died, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Sunday Dec. 26, 2021. He was 90. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

President Biden mourns passing of Desmond Tutu

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, March 21, 2003. Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, has died at the age of 90, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

Desmond Tutu, South African equality activist, dies at 90

By Andrew Meldrum - Associated Press

South Africa’s Archbishop Tutu and wife unhurt by housefire

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

South African ex-archbishop Tutu hospitalized for infection

Associated Press

South Africa fans celebrate at the Pirates Rugby Club in Johannesburg, South Africa, after their team's victory in the Rugby World Cup final between South Africa and England being played in Tokyo, Japan on Saturday Nov. 2, 2019. South Africa defeated England 32-12. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Siya’s Springboks are exactly what Mandela envisioned

By GERALD IMRAY - Associated Press

Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, holding their son Archie, meet with Anglican Archbishop Emeritus, Desmond Tutu, and his wife Leah in Cape Town, South Africa, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019. The royal couple are on the third day of their African tour. (Henk Kruger/African News Agency via AP, Pool)

Baby Archie makes rare public appearance in South Africa

Associated Press

FILE - In this July 2016, file photo, Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu takes part in a Mass at St Mary's Cathedral in Johannesburg. Former South African archbishop Desmond Tutu is recovering at home after being treated at a Cape Town hospital for more than two weeks. The foundation named after Tutu and his wife, Leah, on Friday, Oct. 12, 2018 thanked people who sent messages and prayers for the Nobel laureate's &quot;swift return to his feet.&quot;(AP Photo/Denis Farrell, File)

Desmond Tutu back at home after South African hospital stay

Associated Press

FILE -- In this Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018 file photo Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu attends the launch of the Mandela rose in Johannesburg, South Africa. Tutu will spend his 87th birthday Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018 in a Cape Town hospital, the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation said. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

Desmond Tutu spends 87th birthday in a Cape Town hospital

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017 file photo, Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu smiles as he celebrates his 86th birthday in Cape Town South Africa. Tutu says that terminally ill people should have the right to a &quot;dignified assisted death&quot; following a murder charge against a campaigner for the leaglization of euthanasia. (AP Photo/Mark Wessels, File)

Tutu urges regulated euthanasia after campaigner’s arrest

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press

Campaign material for Republican gubernatorial candidate Mead Treadwell lies on display at Anchorage Baptist Temple, Sunday, Aug. 19, 2018, in Anchorage, Alaska. The event, in which candidates have tables and parishioners can meet them and ask them questions, has become a tradition for the church in the lead-up to elections. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

AP News Guide: Alaska primary election

By MARK THIESSEN - Associated Press

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama speaks to a crowd during an event marking 25 years since the leader was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, in Dharmsala, India, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)

Nobel laureates cancel South Africa meeting

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press

Retired Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu speaks at the memorial service for former South African president Nelson Mandela at the FNB Stadium in Soweto near Johannesburg, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Desmond Tutu’s home robbed during Mandela memorial

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama presents the Medal of Freedom to retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu, August 12, 2009. (Getty Images)

Desmond Tutu: I’d pick hell over an anti-gay heaven

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

UN aims to end child marriage by 2030

By PETER JAMES SPIELMANN - Associated Press

Desmond Tutu calls for axing ‘Stars Earn Stripes’

By FRAZIER MOORE - Associated Press

NBC defends ‘Stars’ show against Tutu’s complaints

By FRAZIER MOORE - Associated Press