The Philippine flag, left, and Vatican flag are half-staff beside a portrait of the late Pope Francis at the Cubao Cathedral in Quezon city, Philippines Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
MANILA: President Ferdinand Marcos on Wednesday (April 23) declared four days of national mourning in the Philippines, Asia's Catholic bastion, over the death of Pope Francis.
The Philippine flag will be flown at half-mast at all government buildings and installations, Marcos said in a presidential proclamation that declared a "period of National Mourning effective immediately until the burial of Pope Francis".
