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            Governor Orders Flags Lowered in Honor of the Pope
            
            April 21, 2025
         
         
     
    
    Half-staff flags at the Ohio Statehouse
 (COLUMBUS, Ohio)—In acordance with orders issued by the President of the United State of America, in honor of the life and service of His Holiness Pope Francis, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has ordered that the flags of the United States and the State of Ohio to be flown at half-staff upon all public buildings and grounds throughout the State of Ohio until sunset on the day of interment.