Yunus in Rome to attend Pope Francis’ funeral
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus reached Rome yesterday to attend the funeral of Pope Francis.
He arrived in Rome at 2:15pm local time, where he was received by Bangladesh Ambassador to Italy ATM Rokebul Haque, Chief Adviser’s Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder told BSS.
He left Qatar for the Vatican around 9:25am local (12:25pm BST), where the Chief of Protocol of the State of Qatar, Ibrahim bin Yousif Abdullah Fakhroo, saw him off at Hamad International Airport in Doha.
An hour after his arrival, Yunus visited St Peter’s Square to pay homage to the mortal remains of the head of the Catholic Church.
Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, vicar general of His Holiness for Vatican City, greeted Yunus and the Bangladesh delegation at the St Peter’s Square.
On Saturday, around 9:30am, the CA will again visit St Peter’s Square to attend the funeral mass of Pope Francis, who died on Monday aged 88.
After joining the funeral, the chief adviser will depart the Leonardo da Vinci Rome Fiumicino Airport around 8:00am (12:00pm Bangladesh Standard Time) on Sunday and is expected to reach home in the early hours of Monday.
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