All federal and state flags will be flown at half-staff this week in honor of Pope Francis ahead of his funeral on Saturday.

U.S. flags typically fly at half-staff in the wake of national tragedies or after deaths of government officials, military members or first responders. They also fly at half-staff on Memorial Day and other national days of remembrance, including 9/11.

Gov. Ferguson said Pope Francis "challenged all of us to be better, more loving, more caring toward those too often forgotten."