Honoring the Memory of His Holiness Pope Francis

Proclamation 10920 of April 21, 2025

Honoring the Memory of His Holiness Pope Francis

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

As a mark of respect for the memory of His Holiness
Pope Francis, by the authority vested in me as
President of the United States by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States of America, I hereby
order that the flag of the United States shall be flown
at half-staff at the White House and upon all public
buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval
stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal
Government in the District of Columbia and throughout
the United States and its Territories and possessions
until sunset, on the day of interment. I also direct
that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same
length of time at all United States embassies,
legations, consular offices, and other facilities
abroad, including all military facilities and naval
vessels and stations.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twenty-first day of April, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-five, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
ninth.