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NEWRY — The richest known hard rock lithium deposit in the world lies a few miles northeast of the ski slopes of Sunday River and not far from Step Falls, where swimmers can wade in shallow pools formed by hundreds of feet of cascading granite ledge. Smaller deposits have been known in Maine for decades, but this recent discovery, just north of Plumbago Mountain in Newry, is the first to have a major resource potential.

A 25-year-old police officer has been killed after a bomb exploded under his car in Omagh, County Tyrone.The device exploded under the vehicle outside his home in Highfield Close, off the Gortin Road, just before 1600 BST on Saturday. He is the second policeman to be killed since PSNI was formed out of the RUC. Since 2007, dissident republicans have planted dozens of booby-trap bombs under the private cars of police officers. The bombs have failed to detonate, but two policemen lost their legs in attacks in May 2008 and January 2010.

London: The worldwide Anglican church is heading for a new rupture over homosexuality, following the painfully achieved compromise reached by its archbishops in Northern Ireland last week, after it was disclosed that the leader of the primates' conservative faction defied the agreement within hours in order to address traditionalist parishes in Canada. Meanwhile, in contrast to the archbishops' statement that they had met in Northern Ireland with "a generosity of spirit ... Christian charity and abundant goodwill", one of the leaders at the meeting said it had instead taken place in an atmosphere of rancour and mutual hostility, with Dr...

Main Entry: pri'mate Pronunciation: *pr*-*m*t or esp for 1 -m*t Function: noun Etymology: Middle English primat, from Old French, from Medieval Latin primat-, primas archbishop, from Latin, leader, from primus Date: 13th century 1 often capitalized : a bishop who has precedence in a province, group of provinces, or a nation2 archaic : one first in authority or rank : LEADER 3 [New Latin Primates, from Latin, plural of primat-, primas] : any of an order (Primates) of mammals comprising humans, apes, monkeys, and related forms (as lemurs and tarsiers) -pri'mate-ship \-*ship\ noun --pri-ma'tial \pr*-*m*-sh*l\ adjective [The following is...

NEWRY, Northern Ireland (2/26/2005)--Follow the money. It's an old business adage, but it applies as much to the church as it does to big business. It is particularly applicable to the Anglican Communion, the Anglican Consultative Council and the Episcopal Church. Consider the following. The Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) - the Anglican Communion's chief legislative body, comprising more than 100 bishops, clergy and lay representatives -- will receive the Windsor Report and the Primates' communiqué when it meets in Nottingham, England, in June 2005. Now you must know that the ACC is the most liberal of the four "instruments of...

Almost more than any other Christian group, Anglicans are notoriously—and proudly—hard to pin down. They are not fully Protestant yet not quite Catholic; hierarchical yet independent; scripturally literate but not literal; equal parts New York and Nairobi. So, too, was the response on Thursday from the 38 primates, or top national bishops, of the Anglican Communion to Episcopalians' and Canadians' defiant embrace of homosexuality. It was firm but not heavy-handed, establishing deadlines and breathing room all at the same time. In other words, it was a classically Anglican search for the cherished "Via Media"—the middle way. In it, there was...

n an ongoing rift over homosexuality, the Episcopal Church and its Canadian counterpart were asked Thursday to "voluntarily withdraw" from a global panel that helps set policy for the worldwide Anglican Communion. The admonition from the primates, or senior bishops, of the 38 national branches of the communion was a nuanced nod to conservative complaints that the North American churches were pushing the Anglican family toward permanent schism. Unlike the Roman Catholic Church, however, the primates have no direct power to discipline the autonomous national churches, leaving the future in the hands of an American church that has shown an...

In a way, the recent Anglican primates statement has achieved a kind of backhanded Anglican "unity."  Spin the statement any way you like, says Australia's Muriel Porter, but that cannot disguise the fact that the Anglican left lost:But make no mistake, last week’s compromise has only postponed the inevitable. Unless the Americans and Canadians decide to abandon the cause of gay clergy and same-sex marriages by 2008 - and please God they won’t - the threatened split will still happen. The traditionalists, championed from the sidelines by Sydney’s Anglican Archbishop, Peter Jensen, have had a major victory. Dr Jensen has...

Traditionalist Anglicans around the world reacted to the news the primates of the Anglican Communion had suspended the Episcopal Church from membership in the 70 million member bodies' international council with a mixture of elation and caution. Conservative leader Bishop Robert Duncan of Pittsburgh called the February 25 communiqué an "epochal" moment in the life of the church, while the archbishop of Sydney adopted a wait-and-see attitude. The archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, summoned the leaders of the 38 member churches of the Anglican Communion to Newry, Northern Ireland, to discuss the Windsor Report. The study, released in October, was...

The Primates and Homosexuality Do they actually & clearly condemn 'Gay Sex' in their Communiqué as sin against God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ? The answer seems to be 'No'! This is perhaps surprising and so let us note what they wrote (or what their scribe Dr, Carnley, Primate of Australia and a noted liberal churchman, prepared on their behalf). In Paragraph 6 they stated: "We also wish to make it quite clear that in our discussion and assessment of the moral appropriateness of specific human behaviours, we continue unreservedly to be committed to the pastoral support and...

FOR WAYWARD SHEPHERDS, A WELL-EARNED REPROACH National Post Monday 28 Feb 2005 Page: A14 Section: Editorials By Ian Hunter Church pronouncements -- at least those from the hierarchy of the Anglican Church -- are usually phrased in a gelatinous and unctuous prose that obscures meaning. A striking exception is last week's communique from the 35 global primates (i.e., senior bishops from around the world) after they met for a week in Northern Ireland. The sections of their communique that deal with homosexuality in the Church are remarkably free of ecclesiastical bafflegab. And that is bad news for the Anglican Church...

Early indications are that despite the Anglican penchant for irresolution having bought more time to talk around the issue of homosexuality and the church, neither conservatives nor liberals in this debate are ultimately prepared to give substantive ground. At their meeting in Northern Ireland last week, the primates of the various Anglican provinces called on the church in the United States (which has consecrated an openly gay man as a bishop) and in Canada (which has approved the blessing of same-sex unions) to withdraw voluntarily from the Anglican Consultative Council for three years and to explain their views on homosexuality...

The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Primates indicated that a sufficient statement of regret/repentance had yet to be received from ECUSA, and that such needed to be forthcoming;1. In terms of one Instrument of Unity (The Lambeth Conference) ECUSA’s status is currently ambiguous. It must consider its place within the Anglican Communion and, before it meets in 2008, signal that it is committed to the interdependent life of the Communion set out in the opening sections of the Windsor Report. 2. In terms of a second Instrument of Unity (The Anglican Consultative Council), which is the next Instrument to meet,...

Main Entry: pri'mate Pronunciation: *pr*-*m*t or esp for 1 -m*t Function: noun Etymology: Middle English primat, from Old French, from Medieval Latin primat-, primas archbishop, from Latin, leader, from primus Date: 13th century 1 often capitalized : a bishop who has precedence in a province, group of provinces, or a nation 2 archaic : one first in authority or rank : LEADER 3 [New Latin Primates, from Latin, plural of primat-, primas] : any of an order (Primates) of mammals comprising humans, apes, monkeys, and related forms (as lemurs and tarsiers) -pri'mate-ship \-*ship\ noun --pri-ma'tial \pr*-*m*-sh*l\ adjective

ACNS 3948 | ACO | 24 FEBRUARY 2005 The Anglican Communion Primates’ Meeting Communiqué, February 2005 1. As Primates of the Anglican Communion and Moderators of the United Churches, we gathered at the Dromantine Retreat and Conference Centre, Newry, in Northern Ireland, between 20th and 25th February, 2005, at the invitation of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams. Thirty-five of us were present at this meeting (i). We are extremely grateful for the warmth of the welcome to Dromantine that we have received from members of the Roman Catholic Society of African Missions who run the Retreat Centre, and...

NEWRY, Northern Ireland (2/24/205)--The Episcopal Church USA and the Anglican Church of Canada could face suspension from the Anglican Communion, 35 Primates have decided in closed door meetings at the Dromantine center a secluded Roman Catholic retreat house. Disciplinary action has been taken, and the two provinces' membership is under review following their actions over gay ordinations and same sex blessings. After three days of open, honest and very frank discussion by the Primates, VirtueOnline was told that the Primates had "reached a conclusion." Both provinces could face suspension at the end of three months if they fail to implement...