In the 1980s Archbishop Desmond Tutu (born 1931) became South Africa's most prominent opponent of apartheid, that country's system of racial discrimination. The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize of 1984 to Desmond Mpilo Tutu made him the most visible...

BISHOP DESMOND TUTU of South Africa was on "Sabbatical leave" in the United States when it was announced that he had won the Nobel Peace Prize. He immediately flew home, receiving a tumultuous reception at the airport. He held a press conference and...

James Carroll's column appears regularly in the Globe. Archbishop Desmond Tutu has already won the Nobel Peace Prize: He should win it again. The South African prelate, in presiding over that nation's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, is shaping an entirely new kind of...

The Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Archbishop Desmond Tutu was stolen in a burglary at the clergyman's Soweto home but later recovered, police said Monday.Another award of significant value recovered was a "golden key" to the city of Sacramento, Calif., Gauteng police spokeswoman Superintendent Thembi...

Nobel Peace laureate Desmond Tutu became patron of national barbecue day Wednesday, declaring that the shared love of open air cooking was a unifying force between blacks and whites in a still divided country.The title "Patron of National Braai Day" was one more honor for...