Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Friday paid tribute to the late Pope Francis at St Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City.
The mortal remains of Pope Francis were lying in state there ahead of the funeral scheduled for Saturday.
Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, vicar general of Pope Francis for Vatican City, formally received the chief adviser and the Bangladesh delegation at St Peter's Square.
On Saturday, at around 9:30am, Professor Yunus will return to St Peter’s Square to attend the Funeral Mass of Pope Francis.
The late Pope Francis was a great admirer of Professor Yunus’s work for marginalized communities around the world and supported his vision for a "Three Zero World" — a world with zero unemployment, zero poverty, and zero carbon emissions.
The Vatican also launched a joint “Three Zero Initiative” in Rome in collaboration with the 2006 Nobel Peace Laureate, according to Chief Adviser’s Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder.