Desmond Tutu’s Body Lies In State In His Old Cathedral (Photos)

Posted on the 31 December 2021 by Maxiel

The late Archbishop Desmond Tutu's physique has arrived at St George's Cathedral in Cape City the place it would lie in state for 2 days.

The Nobel Peace Prize winner who helped finish apartheid in South Africa died on Sunday December 26, aged 90.

His stays can be laid to relaxation on January 1st after the lying-in-state interval, permitting mourners to file previous his physique and say their closing goodbyes.

Monks burnt incense as Tutu's easy wood coffin was carried into the cathedral. Tutu's widow Leah walked slowly behind because the coffin entered his former parish.

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