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DHAKA: Visiting Vatican Catholic Church Pope Francis joined a mass prayer and rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka Friday (December 1).
Thousands of Catholics from Bangladesh Christian community attended the program which commenced at 10:00am.
In the afternoon, Pope Francis will visit the Vatican Embassy (Apostolic Nunciature) in Dhaka’s Baridhara.
Later in the day, the Pope will hold a meeting with Bishops of Bangladesh, at the garden of Arch Bishop's house. The Pope will deliver religious sermons there.
Earlier, the Pope arrived here Thursday (November 30) on a three-day state visit, with glad tidings of peace and harmony.
Meanwhile, the pope paid rich tribute to the memories of martyrs of the great liberation war and Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, at the National Memorial in Savar and Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi-32 respectively.
The Pope is scheduled to leave Dhaka at 5:00pm Saturday.
However, Pope Francis is the second Pope visiting Bangladesh. About 31 years ago, His Holiness Pope John Paul II officially visited Bangladesh, on November 19, 1986.
BDST: 1052 HRS, DEC 1, 2017
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