Thursday, April 4, 2013

Anti-apartheid campaigner, Archbishop Desmond Tutu wins $1.7 million Templeton Prize

Archbishop Desmond Tutu – PHOTO/Martin Meissner/AP

(Reuters) - South African anti-apartheid campaigner retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu has won the 2013 Templeton Prize worth US$1.7 million for helping inspire people around the world by promoting forgiveness and justice, organizers said on Thursday.

A leading human rights activist of the late 20th century, the former Anglican archbishop of Cape Town played a pivotal role in the downfall of the brutal apartheid system and subsequently

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