Flags across Texas and the United States have been lowered to half-staff since Monday in honor of Pope Francis.

President Donald Trump has not yet ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff in honor of the dignitary, who was a vocal critic of the Republican leader. However, the pope met with Vice President J.D.

Flags were ordered to be flown at half staff in Arizona on Monday, April 21, 2025. Here's why and the difference between half ...

President Trump ordered flags to be flown at half-staff ... the chief justice or a retired chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, or the speaker of the House of Representatives.