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“One Universal Spirit” – Mourning Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu is dead and the world mourns with South Africa. Numerous personalities from politics and society have spoken out about the death of the icon of the anti-apartheid movement. US President Joe Biden and his wife Jill wrote that Tutu’s courage and moral clarity had encouraged the US at the time to change its policy towards the oppressive apartheid regime in South Africa. The couple themselves met Tutu on several occasions and felt his warmth and joy. Former US President Barack Obama honored Tutu as a “universal spirit”. Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations tweeted: “I am deeply saddened by the death of the Archbishop, he stood for peace and justice and was a voice of the voiceless.” Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier had a letter of condolence published to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. “My compatriots and I mourn along with you, his family and everyone in South Africa for a wonderful person. With him, one of the most prominent fighters against apartheid and for democracy and human rights has passed away. His example has inspired the world, universal human rights to help achieve a breakthrough “, so it says in an excerpt from the letter, which can be viewed on the website of the Federal President. Tutu died on Sunday at the age of 90. In front of St. George’s Cathedral and his home in Cape Town, mourners laid flowers.
Federal President Steinmeier, UN Secretary General Guterres, Barack Obama – they all remembered the former Archbishop of Cape Town who died at the weekend.