Posted on 12/26/2021 8:36:14 AM PST by SeekAndFind
It’s hard to believe that, less than 30 years ago, South Africa was a nation riven by apartheid and segregation. To look back on that time period and realize that it wasn’t that long ago is astonishing. Brave men and women stood up and spoke out against the horrendous policy, and eventually, South Africa shook off the bond of apartheid.
Desmond Tutu was one of those voices who spoke of the importance of freedom for black South Africans, and now he is with his Heavenly Father. Tutu passed away on Sunday at the age of 90.
“The passing of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond 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, said South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in a statement.
Tutu joined the Anglican clergy as a young man and rose to prominence as a pastor and later as a bishop. In the late 1960s, Tutu began to speak out publicly against apartheid. In 1979 he said he supported an economic boycott of South Africa, which met with a reprimand by the South African government. The government seized his passport, which drew international attention. Tutu became an icon in the fight against apartheid, alongside Nelson Mandela.
The Nobel Prize Committee nominated Tutu for its Peace Prize every year from 1981 to 1984, and he finally won in 1984, citing his “role as a unifying leader figure in the campaign to resolve the problem of apartheid in South Africa.” He received hundreds of other awards and honorary doctorates throughout the course of his life.
The Anglican church promoted Tutu to the position of Bishop of Johannesburg in 1985 and Archbishop of Cape Town the following year. Both promotions met with protests from white South Africans
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Well. RIP.
Desmond Tutu.... I seem to remember him saying at one point ‘to hell with The West’. Anyway... RIP. I wonder what his thoughts on the current state of things in South Africa were.
Tutu was a communist sympathizer.
Good heavens, I thought he’d died years ago. Bolshevik race-baiter in a dog collar and pink frock.
Now SA is a nation riven by crime, corruption, and genocide.
Thanks, Tutu.
To the Left in terms of theology make no mistake but I can only say RIP.
He lived his life and now to the Higher Authority.
“I remember Tu Tu,
I remember Tu Tu,
I remember Tu Tu,
They had a swimming pool.....”
“Don’t me with my Tutu”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL3Wwo6RGyw
“I remember Tu Tu,
I remember Tu Tu,
I remember Tu Tu,
They had a swimming pool.....”
...but it can’t happen here...
Biden and obozo will probably attend the funeral - we need more cartoon pictures of obozo like the ones taken when he attended Mandela’s funeral years ago. Remember Michelle giving him the “eagle eye” when he sat next to the Danish PM?
“”Now SA is a nation riven by crime, corruption, and genocide. Thanks, Tutu.””
Correct...
Burn in hell you racist, anti-Semitic prick
This bastard got a lot of Caucasians murdered. Yeah. “RIP”.
Whenever I see a picture of Tutu I think of the actor Barry Fitzgerald. Anyone else see the resemblance?
Tutu was a black racist who called for the murder of white babies.
Demon, not Desmond Tutu.
Not really a fan. But, meh.
I wonder what he thought about the disaster that is befalling south africa?
Good riddance.
They forgot to mention the part where he walks on water.
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