LONDON (Reuters) - Desmond Tutu, the subject of this month's exclusive Reuters Newsmaker event in London, is one of the towering figures of 20th century history, having played a central role in the ...

Desmond Tutu lived astride one of Christianity’s great failures—and one of its great successes. At the pinnacle of White disdain for South Africa’s original residents, the country’s government ...

(RNS) — While writing my biography of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, I sought to answer whether his work made him a saint or a politician. This may seem a curious question to those who know Tutu as a cleric ...

South African Bishop Desmond Tutu gestures during remarks denouncing his country’s apartheid policy of racial separation in New Orleans, Sept. 7, 1982. (Jack Thornell / Associated Press) I first met ...

Since 1900, the Christian Century has published reporting, commentary, poetry, and essays on the role of faith in a pluralistic society.