Desmond Tutu was born in 1931 in Klerksdorp ... He remains committed to drawing international attention to the AIDS epidemic in Africa, to ending the plight of Zimbabweans under the dictatorship ...

"Archbishop Desmond Tutu has been our moral compass and national ... "Even after the advent of democracy, he did not hesitate to draw attention, often harshly, to our shortcomings as leaders ...

But Michael Battle, a professor at New York’s General Theological Seminary who directs the Desmond Tutu Center there, wanted to draw attention to the particular Christian vision that animates Tutu.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu was the last truly global figure from ... before it's too late," and drawing laughter from angry crowds in South Africa's embattled black townships. And Tutu would cry ...

Mr Tutu also strived to draw awareness to a wide range of issues ... open image in gallery Archbishop Desmond Tutu gives a press conference at St Alban’s Anglican Mission Church, in Johannesburg ...

and there was inspiration as a host of people from Desmond Tutu to a local middle school student urged a crowd of 15,000 to "be the spark." The South African archbishop was the big draw of the ...