Our dear Archbishop Desmond Tutu wins the Templeton Prize.
Desmond Tutu, the former Anglican archbishop of Cape Town, has been awarded the 2013 Templeton Prize for his life-long work in advancing spiritual principles such as love and forgiveness which has helped to liberate people around the world.Read more about Tutu's life and achievements at the Templeton website. Blessed Tutu is a living saint in my canon of saints.
Tutu rose to world prominence with his stalwart - and successful - opposition to South Africa's apartheid regime. He combines the theological concept that all human beings are shaped in the image of God, known in Latin as Imago Dei, with the traditional African belief of Ubuntu, which holds that only through others do people achieve humanity which, he says, creates "a delicate network of interdependence."
H/T to Father Ron at The Lead.
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Richly deserved!
ReplyDeleteYes indeed. Tutu is such a dear man. I'd like to give him a hug.
Delete"Blessed Tutu is a living saint in my canon of saints."
ReplyDeleteAmen.