South Africans Offer Prayers for Madiba

Johannesburg — Mourners across South Africa heeded President Jacob Zuma's call to take time to worship and pray Sunday for the late president Nelson Mandela. At temples, mosques, synagogues and churches across the country, there were prayers for the man many South Africans refer to as Tata, or father.

At the Regina Mundi Roman Catholic Church in Soweto, early risers attended a 7 a.m. mass.

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