: Desmond Tutu Remains Interred Amid Call to Rename Cape Town Airport #WorldNEWS CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The remains of Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Anglican archbishop emeritus

Desmond Tutu Remains Interred Amid Call to Rename Cape Town Airport #WorldNEWS
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — 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 citys Anglican cathedral.
Archbishop Thabo Makgoba laid a small box containing Tutus remains to rest in the floor in front of the high altar at St George’s Cathedral. Tutus widow, children and other family members attended the 30-minute service.
Makgoba suggested that to honor the late Nobel laureate, Cape Town’s airport should be renamed Archbishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu International Airport.
He called on all South Africans to “turn a new page and commit to “the radical, revolutionary change” that Tutu advocated.
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“Let us live as simply as he lived, exemplified by his pine coffin with rope handles, Makgoba said in his homily. Let those of us who have resources pull in our belts, that others can eat enough to fill their stomachs. Let us reorder our society to end inequality and create equal opportunities for all.”
The box with Tutus remains were placed under a memorial stone inscribed with the words: Desmond Mpilo Tutu, Oct. 1931 – Dec. 2021, Archbishop of Cape Town 1986 1996.
The morning service was underway as a fire swept through South Africas nearby Parliament building. A pall of smoke later hung over the cathedral and the surrounding area.
A requiem Mass was held in the cathedral for Tutus funeral on Saturday. Church officials said Tutus body was prepared for interment with water in a process called aquamation.
Tutu requested the method because it uses less energy and is more environmentally friendly, church officials told journalists.