HARTFORD, CT - Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is directing U.S. and state flags in Connecticut to return to full-staff at sunset on the evening of Saturday, April 26, 2025.

Flags are currently lowered to half-staff statewide in remembrance of His Holiness Pope Francis, who passed away on Monday. A funeral service in his honor is scheduled to be held on Saturday morning in St. Peter’s Square in Rome, Italy.