Feijoo Xacobeo sees "the great work of modern Galicia" and extols the "fertile collaboration" of civil and ecclesiastical.

The President of the Xunta, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, has built the Jacobean "in the great work of modern Galicia, under the banner of the" fertile collaboration "of the civil and ecclesiastical community," incarnate "by the Cabildo Cathedral of Santiago and former senator and former Regional Minister Victor Manuel Vazquez Portomene PP, recipients of the medals in Galicia.

"Just as the cathedral was a, buy kinah aion, monument to the understanding of Galicia, the Jacobean is a shock to our entire society, which binds to encourage an undeniable victory," proclaimed Feijoo, after delivering the highest honor awarded by the Galician government to the two laureates, for his work in favor of the Jacobean Holy Year.

With special attention "to the cooperation" between civil and ecclesiastical, has emphasized that, tera gold, the Town Council and Vazquez Portomene "embody" the spirit of the Galicia "grouping, which agrees, which harmonizes and blends wills." Both, he insisted, "show what can be done together."

"The new institutions born of the Constitution and the Statute join this initiative to a church that divided our country and follows the historical journey of our people since time rather, sto credits, remote," he was sentenced.

It then continued Feijoo, where the company sees "this example" of collaboration and react "with enthusiasm" that allows full participation Galicia "of big business Jacobean." "Church autonomy and people raise a new monument made of the same raw material that our cathedral: unity," he highlighted.

At the time, the maximum leader has shown autonomic convinced that the pilgrim who comes to Galicia may feel like "the cathedral spirit" that made possible "the eternal abode" of the Apostle Santiago "is in our days spread throughout the country.

"Host of the new Europe"

After praising the two "exponents" of Jacobean, Feijoo has rrred to the Way and the values it represents, in rrence to "solidarity, tolerance and wealth of the power of cooperation," three "guides," said - for "pilgrims" Galicia, Spain and Europe, "which are today at a difficult crossroads."

They are also, has continued, "the best expression of an old European home, that their children knew how to make bigger." Not for nothing has indicated that the "vast human power" that makes the Path the "main artery of Europeanism, saw and seen" in Galicia "specially gifted people to be the host of the new Europe."

"Europe is based in Galicia," he proclaimed after bringing to the community as "the great catalyst for a European feeling," a country "free" made up of men and women "who share an exciting project." "Be not simply be Galician in Galicia, but shared values," he claimed.

Finally, Feijoo has identified the Cathedral "as the work of an entire people" and concluded that Galicia is a community "coming strong," the twenty-first century, before quoting the poet Curros Enriquez to call and say that, as the all Galician compatriots have always known that "the union of good Galician this the future of the motherland."

"Double hit"

Before the intervention of Nunez Feijoo, the architects of the "double hit" that "in the words of course the president has Xacobeo-picked up their awards: the Dean of the Cathedral Chapter Compostela, Jose Maria Fernandez Diaz, and Victor Manuel Vazquez Portomene.

The first began his speech apologizing for not speaking a "Galician cult" but he learned in his native Mondonedo. "He who spoke to me and I speak Alvaro Cunqueiro", said before his gesture to thank the Council of the Xunta and point out that the medal, in this case, "not to hang up the neck of the dean," but remain in the chapter house of the council for those who visit.

In his intervention, Diaz Fernandez has also had words for the Catholic Church, convinced that it must "look back" not to "ecstasy" but for "addressed in an accurate way forward." To leave, the dean resorted to a simile with the "incense, and gold look" of the Magi and received the medal. "That gold is given with much love, increase the love of our hearts," he concluded.

"Europe map"

For his part, Vazquez Portomene rejected the false humility or pride in one circumstance "emotional, solemn and unique" as this Sunday and decided by the attitude of Virgil, who said that "while the river runs, the mountains do shadow and the sky has stars, must endure the memory of the award received in the memory of the grateful man. "

His speech, which thanked the mention of the Xunta, there have been words of appreciation for the "fair and creative team that made the Xacobeo Plan of 1993, marked by" many challenges ", he recalled, but all for the "promotion" of Galicia.

This recognition has brought to the Church and who have a cultural dimension to Xacobeo-as Professor and Chairman of Consello da Cultura Galega, Ramon Villares Paz, allowing this "has helped to Galicia to be at the map of Europe" . On his medal, he said, "always angry with me because I will take heart." ATTENDEES

The event, which has hosted the Exhibition and Congress of the Galician capital, has had a large representation of the entire autonomous society. Has held the chair Nunez Feijoo, accompanied by the government delegate in Galicia, Anton Louro, the speaker of parliament, Pilar Rojo, the Regional Minister of Presidency, Alfonso Rueda, and the mayor of Santiago de Compostela, Xose Sanchez Bugallo.

The charge of giving the green light was, in fact, Alfonso Rueda, to read out the decree that gives Consello medals. Previously, several events and surveys reviewed videos of previous editions. After collecting the awards and the intervention of the president, appeared and Rosa Cristina Pato Cedron. The grand finale put the Anthem of Galicia, by a group of the Royal Pipe Band de la Diputacin de Ourense.

"Build" the Jacobean

At the time of award the medals, the Xunta has highlighted the intention to recognize "the task of building one of the big hits as a country of Galicia, the Xacobeo" by the Cabildo and Portomene Vazquez. The intention is explained, to recognize "the fruitful collaboration" between the civil and ecclesiastical that "contribute every day to improve the Xacobeo, especially in this Holy Year 2010."

The Xunta argues the grant of the Cathedral Chapter reward for work performed by the Church"In the diffusion and guard Compostela Holy Year" and stresses that, precisely, is about to be fulfilled, the next year, the eighth centenary of the consecration of the Cathedral of Santiago.

For its part, on the medal Portomene Vazquez, who was Regional Minister of Education and Culture, emphasized that, symbolizes the work of civil society in the construction of Xacobeo, "getting a spiritual reality and to expand religious and other cultural and economic" .

Indeed, being Regional Minister Portomene Vazquez (Taboada, Lugo, 1934) was organized in 1993 the first Xacobeo and was one of the initiators of the comprehensive plan for physical rehabilitation, cultural and economic of the Camino de Santiago, who had been unanimously approved in 1991 in the autonomous parliament.

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