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Desmond Tutu Wins 2013 Templeton Prize
Desmond Tutu, the former Anglican archbishop of Cape Town , has won the 2013 Templeton Prize for his lifelong work in advancing spiritual principles such as love and forgiveness which have helped to liberate people around the world.
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Valued at £1.1 million (about $1.7 million or €1.3 million), the Templeton Prize has been the world's largest annual monetary award given to an individual for the past 40 years. Tutu joins a distinguished group of 42 former recipients. Last year's Templeton Prize Laureate was the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader.
The Prize celebrates each year a living person who has made an exceptional contribution to affirming life's spiritual dimension, whether through insight, discovery, or practical works. Desmond Tutu will receive the Templeton Prize at a ceremony in
London on Tuesday 21 May.
Tutu said in response to receiving the Prize in a video at http://www.templetonprize.org, "When you are in a crowd and you stand out from the crowd it's usually because you are being carried on the shoulders of others. I want to acknowledge all the wonderful people who accepted me as their leader at home and so to accept this prize in a representative capacity."
Established in 1972 by the late global investor and philanthropist Sir John Templeton , the Templeton Prize is a cornerstone of the John Templeton Foundation's international efforts to serve as a philanthropic catalyst for discoveries relating to the Big Questions of human purpose and ultimate reality.
Notes to Editors
The qualities sought in a Templeton Prize nominee include creativity and innovation, rigor and impact. The judges seek, above all, a substantial record of achievement that highlights or exemplifies one of the various ways in which human beings express their yearning for spiritual progress. Nominations are encouraged in: