South Africa
Former Irish President pays tribute to Desmond Tutu─── 07:12 Sun, 02 Jan 2022
Former Irish President Mary Robinson paid tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Saturday (January 1) during his state funeral service that took place in Cape Town’s St George’s Cathedral.
During her prayer, Robinson said Tutu served the Church with “diligence and devotion.”
Tutu, who was awarded the Nobel Peace prize in 1984 for his non-violent opposition to white minority rule, died last Sunday aged 90.
Tutu’s body will be cremated and then his ashes interred behind the cathedral’s pulpit in a private ceremony.
Widely revered across South Africa’s racial and cultural divides for his moral integrity, Tutu never stopped fighting for his vision of a “Rainbow Nation”, in which all races in post-apartheid South Africa could live in harmony.
Earlier this week, hundreds of well-wishers queued to pay their last respects, as his body lay in state at the cathedral.
