” “The creation of a "Faith and Culture Observatory" and two new workgroups: “Catholics and Muslims in today’s France” and “The training of future priests”, were decided by the French Bishops Conference during the plenary assembly that ended in Lourdes today. During the assembly, the members also made a few internal appointments. At the end of the assembly, the bishops also sent a message to the president, cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, expressing "their brotherly trust" and reasserting "to the Holy See their willingness to work towards reconciliation in truth and love” with those who have broken up with "the ecclesial communion". While highlighting "their devotion to the liturgical renewal laid down by the Second Vatican Council" and "their communion with Pope Benedict XVI”, the bishops, reads the message, "wish, with him, to welcome" the Christians who are "bound to liturgical forms that came before the Council" provided they give "their unequivocal assent to the lessons of the true Magisterium of the Church”.” “
