Dr Tutu meets fellow Nobel laureate Suu Kyi

ARCHBISHOP Desmond Tutu visited the pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, on Tuesday, at her home in Yangon, Burma. Both are recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize. Speaking at a press conference afterwards, Dr Tutu said: "It is wonderful to be here and to see her. We are looking forward to seeing your country truly free. The potential of this country is immense."

Norwegian bishop awarded peace prize

THE Emeritus Bishop of Oslo, in the Church of Norway, Dr Gunnar Stalsett, is to be awarded the Niwano Peace Prize. It was set up in 1983, named after the first president of a lay Buddhist organisation, and is given "to honour and encourage those who are devoting themselves to interreligious co-operation in the cause of peace". Dr Stalsett will receive 20 million yen (£143,000) at a ceremony in Tokyo in May.

New Bulgarian Patriarch enthroned

PATRIARCH Neofit of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church was enthroned in Sofia on Sunday. Translated form Rousse, he succeeds Patriarch Maxim, who died last year (News, 9 November). The Patriarch, who is 67, become a monk in 1975, and was consecrated bishop in 1994.

South Korean president calls for nuclear halt in North

THE new President of South Korea, Park Geun-hye, used her inaugural address on Monday to urge North Korea to "abandon its nuclear ambitions without delay and embark on the path to peace and shared development". The General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, the Revd Dr Olav Fykse, said last week that a recent nuclear test carried out by North Korea on the Korean peninsula was a "destabilising action in a fragile region".