Tutu’s open letter to baby goes viral

10/07/2016 Most Revd. Desmond Mpilo Tutu, laughs as he speaks at the Cathedral of St Mary the Virgin, Anglican church of South Africa. Yesterday it was his 40th Episcopal Thanksgiving service. Picture: Nhlanhla Phillips

10/07/2016 Most Revd. Desmond Mpilo Tutu, laughs as he speaks at the Cathedral of St Mary the Virgin, Anglican church of South Africa. Yesterday it was his 40th Episcopal Thanksgiving service. Picture: Nhlanhla Phillips

Published Jul 26, 2016

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Cape Town - It's not every day that someone gets a heart-warming open letter written to them from Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu.

A letter was written earlier this month after the father of an American infant wrote to Tutu, saying that he was collecting letters for his newborn daughter Juliet.

All the way from his Cape Town abode, Archbishop wrote the following:

Hello, little sister.

You don't know me. I am a very old grandfather from South Africa nearing the end of my journey on earth while your journey - on another continent many miles away - is just beginning. We may never meet on earth, so I thought to send you a secret. Well, it's not really a secret because we should all know it. So I don't mind if you tell everyone else.

Did you know that we all people belong to one family; the human family? That although we may look nothing like each other, live in separate homes, practise our own cultures, subscribe to different religions - and some of us have more money than others - we are all sisters and brothers in God's family?

You and I, and everyone else, were born with the same purpose. For love, for goodness and for one another.”

“God Bless You

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu

Cape Town, South Africa”

The letter touched hearts around the world and was shared on social media. One can only hope that the strong message that it conveys resonates within not only baby Juliet, but with the rest of the world.

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