WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Whether the rich-poor divide in the United States is a demographic statistic or a politician's talking point is irrelevant to the agencies that are simply trying to make sure the people on the poor side of the equation have a roof over their head and food on the table.They're too busy trying to figure out how to feed more people with less money.The growing gap between rich and poor in the United States is a key theme of the "occupy" movement around the country, with participants emphasizing that they represent the "99 percent," as opposed to the 1 percent who control

ST. LOUIS (CNS) -- The Jan. 31 announcement by Susan G. Komen for the Cure that it will no longer give grants to Planned Parenthood affiliates for breast cancer screenings "shows we are making a difference and having an impact," said a coordinator of pro-life programs for the St. Louis Archdiocese.Sarah Swaykus, who is with the Respect Life Apostolate, made the comments in an interview with the St.

CHICAGO (CNS) -- Catholic Press Month, celebrated in February, "comes at a particularly critical moment" this year, said Greg Erlandson, president of the Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada.The nation's Catholic bishops "have made clear their concern with recent government regulations and the threat such regulations pose to religious liberty," said Erlandson, president and publisher of Our Sunday Visitor in Huntington, Ind.The Catholic press provides the vehicle for the bishops' message to reach Catholics, he said in a statement released by the Chicago-based pres

PHILADELPHIA (CNS) -- Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua, retired archbishop of Philadelphia, died Jan. 31 at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, where he resided.According to the Philadelphia Archdiocese, he died in his sleep at 9:15 p.m. He was 88. The archdiocese said he had been battling dementia and an undisclosed form of cancer.Cardinal Bevilacqua headed the archdiocese from February 1988 to October 2003. Funeral arrangements were pending."I was greatly saddened to learn of the death of my predecessor Cardinal Bevilacqua," said Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia.