Honoring the Memory of His Holiness Pope Francis
Proclamation
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April 24, 2025
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Document 2025-07239
Summary
President Donald Trump issued a proclamation honoring the late Pope Francis by ordering U.S. flags to be flown at half-staff at all federal buildings, military posts, and naval stations both domestically and abroad until sunset on the day of the Pope's interment. This gesture serves as a mark of respect and reflects the Pope's significant influence and legacy. The action may have political implications by highlighting the President's acknowledgment of global religious leaders, potentially impacting diplomatic relations with Catholic-majority countries.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 78 (Thursday, April 24, 2025)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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Vol. 90
Thursday,
No. 78
April 24, 2025
Part III
The President
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Proclamation 10920--Honoring the Memory of His Holiness Pope Francis
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 78 / Thursday, April 24, 2025 /
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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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.
(Presidential Sig.)
[FR Doc. 2025-07239
Filed 4-23-25; 11:15 am]
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