Nobel Peace Prize

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, 1931 – 2021

by Mary Wald   He's left us. The last time I saw Archbishop Tutu, we sat together on the deck of a house in Laguna Beach, the conversation periodically punctuated by a crashing wave, our faces warmed by the autumn sun. He was concerned that I hadn’t been able to...

Global Leaders to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed: Stop the Atrocities in Tigray

José Ramos-Horta, former President of Timor-Leste and 1996 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and five highly respected international leaders in conflict resolution have issued a call to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for...

Dalai Lama and 100 other Nobel Prize laureates call for fossil fuels to be phased out

(CNN) As the world's most powerful leaders prepare to come together for the President Joe Biden's virtual climate summit, the Dalai Lama and 100 other Nobel Prize winners have a clear message for them: Keep fossil fuels in the ground. The 101 Nobel laureates have...

Dalai Lama Receives COVID Vaccine, Encourages Others

The Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, left his home on Saturday to receive his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and promote vaccination against the coronavirus, in what was his first public appearance in over a year. The 85-year-old scrapped plans to...