Cardinal George Pell has said he is willing to meet abuse victims as he prepares for a video-link appearance before a royal commission on abuse. Francis is flying back to Rome on a Aeromexico Boeing after completing his 12th foreign trip. The Pope quoted the writer Octavio Paz as he left Mexico last night. E Eduardo Castillo and Nicole Winfield say the Pontiff took an unusually tough tone during his six-day trip. Kevin Appleby argues that the Pope's stance on immigration is more complicated than you think. Christopher Hale explains what the late US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and Pope Francis had in common. And CNA/EWTN News asks if St Thérèse of Lisieux sent Pope Francis "a bouquet of white roses" during his Mexico trip. Follow me on Twitter @lukecoppen for updates throughout the day.
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