Ga. Gov. Kemp orders flags at half-staff in honor of the late Pope Francis
ATLANTA, Ga. -Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has ordered flags to fly at half-staff as the world mourns Pope Francis.
The order, which applies to flags on state buildings and grounds, starts on Tuesday and ends on Saturday, when the pope will be laid to rest at the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome.
“Our citizens share the grief of millions of Catholics and people of faith around the world for whom the Pope served as a spiritual leader and a source of inspiration,” the order said.
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On a national level, President Donald Trump has issued his own order for flags to fly at half-staff, which also runs through Saturday.
Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Argentina, died early on Monday at 88. According to the Vatican, the pope had a stroke that led to a coma and eventual heart failure.
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According to the Archdiocese of Atlanta, there are more than 1 million Catholics in the metro. On Monday, Monsignor Francis McNamee with Cathedral of Christ the King said the pope’s legacy is one of hope.
“He’ll be ed very much for his love for the poor, the marginalized,” he said. “Pope Francis had a way of getting the church to think outside the box, and to look at the wider church, and to really focus on the needs of the wider church and to work together to build a church that all were welcome and all were included.”
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