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The University of Santiago announced the publication of a book containing interviews with 18 pilgrims. The book was edited by the Association of Reporters and Scholars of the Camino de Santiago.<BR>
The reporters conducted interviews with religious, political and intellectual pilgrims from various places of origin, including Great Britain and Brasil, and it intends to make known a vision of the actual reality of the Santiago pilgrimage.<BR>
The interviewees include an Archbishop, msgr. Julian Barro, a Galician intellectual, Francisco Fernando del Riego, the historian Ramon Izquierdo, the British politician and writer, Michael Portillo, the President of the Association of Friends of the Camino in Galicia, Anton Pombo, and several others, including the hospitalera Pilar Armesto (of the San Xiraldo de Aurillac albergue outside of O Cebreiro), the soccer coach Javier Irureta and convicts and jail-keepers of a prison in Madrid. <BR>
The publication emphasizes the unique role of the Camino as a medium of international, political, religious and cultural communication. It also highlights the personal experiences and insights of each of the eighteen interviewed pilgrims.<BR>
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Warm regards,<BR>
Rosina<BR>
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