# 2025-07239: President Mandates Half-Staff Flags for Pope Francis Worldwide

2025-07239, Honoring the Memory of His Holiness Pope Francis, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2025-04-24, effective 2025-04-21 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-07239
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-07239
- Title: Honoring the Memory of His Holiness Pope Francis
- Type: Presidential Document
- Agencies: Executive Office of the President
- Citation: 90 FR 17337
- Published: 2025-04-24
- Effective: 2025-04-21
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

President Mandates Half-Staff Flags for Pope Francis Worldwide

## Summary

To honor the memory of Pope Francis, the President has ordered U.S. flags to fly at half-staff on all public buildings, military posts, and U.S. embassies worldwide until sunset on the day of his burial. This affects government buildings and facilities both in the U.S. and abroad, showing respect without any cost impact. The tribute lasts only until the day Pope Francis is laid to rest.

## Effects PRIA read

No economic effects identified for this document.

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## Sources
- [2025-07239 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/24/2025-07239/honoring-the-memory-of-his-holiness-pope-francis)
- [2025-07239 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-04-24/pdf/2025-07239.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-07239 (as of 2026-06-08).