President Donald J. Trump has ordered that all the United States flags on government and military properties be low to the half -mast in memory of his holiness, Pope Francis in the morning after his death.
The Vatican announced The death of the Pope early Monday in Rome after a fight against pneumonia, Breitbart News reported. He was 88 years old.
Francis recently had the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where he was admitted on February 14, before. of letters meeting With Vice President JD Vance on Easter Sunday.
Trump launched a proclamation shortly after the news appeared, asking that the flags are flying to half -mast until sunset by “respect” for the Catholic leader:
As a Mark of respect for the Memory of His Holiness Pope Francis, By The Authority Vested in Me 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 average, the day of the burial. Also that the flag will fly at half -mast during the same period of time in all embassies, legations, consular crimes and other facilities abroad in the United States, including all military facilities and vessels and naval stations.
In testimony of which, I have put my hand this twenty -first day of April, in the year of Our Lord two thousand and twenty -five, and of the independence of the United States of America, the two hundred forty -nine years.
“Rest in peace Pope Francis! God bless him and everyone who loved him!” The president said in a separate mail About social truth.
The Mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, made a similar announcement after the death of the pontiff, Picking flags in city and stationary buildings to reduce the personal environment “immediately,” NBC New York said.
Vance, who is Catholic, also sent his condolences To the “millions of Christians worldwide who loved him” in an X publication:
“I was happy to see him yesterday, although he was obviously very sick. But I will always remember him for the homily below that he gave in the first days of Covid. He was really fragmented,” writes the vice president. “May God rest his soul.”
Olivia Rondeau is a Breitbart News political reporter based in Washington, DC. Find it in X/Twitter and Instagram.