Benedict XVI "explains to them the content of faith adds mgr. Benoit Rivière, bishop of Autun, in charge of the youth pastoral . As a catechist, he explains to the young that believing is not just a cry from the heart, but requires the adhesion of intelligence". As a pilgrim in Lourdes, the Pope will give the Last Rites to about ten sick people: "a significant gesture", comments Erik Pillet, president of L’Arche in France, because "reasserting in the name of the Gospel the central role which the weakest ones are entitled to play means to question the very foundation of our society: do we want a cult of performance and success or do we encourage people to take care of each other?". Finally, the man of culture and the challenge of the meeting at Collège des Bernardins. "As opposed to John Paul II who blamed the Western philosophy for leaving God out of the sphere of philosophy, Benedict XVI sees this heritage as a proof that is beneficial to faith. This state of mind should make him set he right tone", highlights historian Philippe Levillain. Mgr. Maurice de Germiny, bishop of Blois and president of the "Faith and Culture" Observatory, expects Benedict XVI to make "a significant gesture for the artists", because "what musicians, painters and sculptors do cannot leave the Church indifferent".
