Pope warns Vatican: Forgetting the central role of service causes ‘spiritual Alzheimer’s’

Pope warns Vatican: Forgetting the central role of service causes ‘spiritual Alzheimer’s’

Special to WorldTribune.com Pope Francis has spoken out against the “sickness” of greed and lust for power at the Vatican in his annual Christmas speech, warning that senior officials forgetting the importance of serving God is a sign of “spiritual Alzheimer’s.” The pope’s direct words left many clerics at the gathering “uncomfortable,” according to observers. […]

Four-star general to decide Bowe Bergdahl’s fate on basis of investigative report

Four-star general to decide Bowe Bergdahl’s fate on basis of investigative report

Special to WorldTribune.com Rowan Scarborough, Washington Times The Army announced Monday that it is referring the case of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl to a four-star general who will decide whether to charge him criminally for leaving his base in 2009 in Afghanistan. The Army gave the job of what the military calls a court-martial convening authority […]

‘Unprecedented’ N. Korean attack used malware that could do further harm

‘Unprecedented’ N. Korean attack used malware that could do further harm

Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon The federal government issued a warning Friday about additional cyber attacks using the malicious software from the Sony Pictures cyber attack. The U.S. Computer Emergency Response Team (US-CERT) said the targeted destructive malware affecting Microsoft Windows systems could be used in additional attacks. … The FBI said in a statement […]

Worldwide vigils vow not to forget the Taliban’s massacre of schoolchildren in Peshawar

Worldwide vigils vow not to forget the Taliban’s massacre of schoolchildren in Peshawar

Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — A vigil was held in the nation’s capital [and in cities with Pakistan communities around the world] in remembrance of those killed by a Taliban terrorist attack at a military-run Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday that killed 132 children and nine staff members. Asad Majeed Khan, deputy chief […]

Cold War replay: This time we lose

Cold War replay: This time we lose

Special to WorldTribune.com By Mona Charen Has there ever been a president more eager to make concessions to vicious regimes than Barack Obama? The opening of diplomatic relations with Cuba is the latest and, one fears, not the last in a string of preemptive concessions. Obama, with his blend of hard-left prejudices and vaulting solipsism, […]

Fear stalks the multiplexes in what was once the season of peace and joy

Fear stalks the multiplexes in what was once the season of peace and joy

Special to WorldTribune.com As hackers issued new threats of violence on Tuesday, Sony Pictures began telling theater owners who had booked The Interview that they are free to drop the movie, and that the studio will support them whatever decision they make. The situation appears to be very fluid: Neither the National Association of Theatre […]