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I have a strong sense that i needed to be in a community of people who were honouring him. the archbishop is a very important man, notjust in south africa but to the rest of the world. hes a great humanitarian, hes a wonderful person. hes done so much for this country. it was during south africas long and violent struggle against the countrys brutal regime that he rose to prominence. we will be free! after the country became a democracy, he presided over the tumultuous reconciliation process. in...

And for his body to be aquamated. its not a term that many of us are familiar with, so what is aquamation? ive been speaking to samantha sieber. shes a biologist, and her father was one of the founders of the aquamation process. she explained how it worked. aquamation is an alternative to burial and cremation, a choice that families have. very similar end result to cremation, where the family receives an urn. anything that you can do with cremation ashes, you can do with ashes from aquamation. b...

He asked for a basic coffin and called for his body to aquamated. so, what exactly is an aquamation? none of us here readily knew the answer, so we reached out to samantha sieber. she is a biologist and her father was one of the founders of the aquamation process. she is in danville, indiana. samantha, thank you forjoining us. can you quickly summarise the process of aquamation because i think a lot of people watching may not have ever have heard of it?— heard of it? absolutely. aquamation _ h...

Provided to allow ordinary citizens to pay tribute to the man they affectionately referred to as the arch. i have a strong sense that i needed to be in a community of people who were honouring him. the archbishop is a very important man, notjust in south africa but to the rest of the world. hes a great humanitarian, hes a wonderful person. hes done so much for this country. it was during south africas long and violent struggle against the countrys brutal regime that he rose to prominence. we wil...

For her husbands funeral. its a funeral and it will be a real funeral, but with no body. but her situation is becoming increasingly desperate. lord, we pray that this service on sunday is just something thatjust makes such a big difference to the life and, lord, give us strength to stay alive. kevin had acute respiratory problems. his health got worse during the pandemic. he couldnt walk, he didnt even know me, he didnt know anybody. were you asking for help? we kept asking them, saying we wante...

I needed to be in a community of people who were honouring him. the archbishop is a very important man, notjust in south africa but to the rest of the world. hes a great humanitarian, hes a wonderful person. hes done so much for this country. it was during south africas long and violent struggle against the countrys brutal regime that he rose to prominence. we will be free! after the country became a democracy, he presided over the tumultuous reconciliation process. in accordance with his wishes...

Just under an hour before the funeral service of archbishop desmond tutu gets under way, several dignitaries have started arriving, including the chiefjustice and also ourformer presidents, who have arrived here. we understand that the funeral service starts at ten a.m.. the president will be delivering the eulogy and we do know that the archbishop was also a champion of many causes. saving the environment was one of them. he has therefore chosen to be aquimated, that is a greener alternative to...

"thank you for sharing him with the world." well, it actually is a two—way street. because we shared him with the world, you shared part of the love you held for him with us. south africas president delivered the main eulogy. archbishop desmond tutu has been our moral compass, but he has also been our national conscience. it was during south africas long and violent struggle against the countrys brutal regime that he rose to prominence. we will be free! after the country became a democracy, he...

After the country became a democracy, he presided over the tumultuous reconciliation process. in accordance with his wishes, the archbishop will be aquamated — this is a greener alternative to cremation. his ashes will be interred beneath floor here at st georges cathedral. it is the end of an era — the last of south africas well known freedom fighters leaves behind a difficult task for the leaders to rid the country of corruption and racial divisions, and to also forge the way forward in th...

As itll be the first in england to have legal standing areas since a ban was introduced in 1994, following the taylor report into the hillsbrough disaster. theres been a long campaign to allow "safe standing" to return — and the chelsea boss hopes it will give his side a lift. hopefully, honestly, it will give us the extra boost and to our supporters because we absolutely need them on their best level in this moment and right at the very first game in the new year against liverpool. away from ...