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Tutu remains interred amid call to rename Cape Town airport
By Andrew Meldrum — January 3, 2022
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The remains of Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Anglican archbishop emeritus of Cape Town, were interred early Sunday during a private family service at the city’s Anglican cathedral. Archbishop Thabo Makgoba laid a small box containing Tutu’s remains to rest in the floor in front of the high […]
As Cape Town’s water crisis nears ‘Day Zero,’ faith groups spring into action
By Brian Pellot — February 7, 2018
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (RNS) — South Africa’s crown jewel is experiencing its worst drought ever. As government officials threaten apocalyptic comparisons to World War II and 9/11, faith groups offer hope and a way forward.
South African Anglicans regroup after defeat of same-sex blessing measure
By Fredrick Nzwili — October 5, 2016
(RNS) The rejection was a blow to LGBT activists and their supporters who held some hope for full inclusion in the church now that South Africa allows same-sex marriage.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s daughter quits priesthood after marrying a woman
By Fredrick Nzwili — May 24, 2016
(RNS) Although South Africa legalized same-sex marriage in 2006, the Anglican Church maintains that marriage is a lifelong union between one man and one woman.
South Africa’s Anglican bishops move toward gay inclusion
By Fredrick Nzwili — February 23, 2016
(RNS) If the Provincial Synod adopts the resolution, the South African church will be the first African province of the Anglican Communion to welcome gays and lesbians as full members, though it will still bar gay marriages.
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