(Avalon_Studio via Getty Images) Transubstantiation – the idea that during Mass, the bread and wine used for Communion become the body and blood of Jesus Christ – is central to the Catholic faith.

Switching assumption: This scenario imagines no person in America has changed or will change their religion after 2020. But even in that hypothetical situation, the religious makeup of the U.S.

The racial and ethnic makeup of both parties’ Southern lawmakers has changed considerably. In 1971-72, according to House records, only 12 African Americans served in the House and one in the Senate, ...

A judge handed workers across a broad swath of the federal government a reprieve on Thursday night, extending her pause on President Trump’s plans for vast layoffs until a case challenging them ...

Mississippi, Alabama and other Southern states are among the most highly religious states in the nation, while New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont and Maine in New England are among the least devout ...

Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials. Some U.S. officials talked about an “axis” of ...

Pakistan, May 9 -- In a dramatic turn of events on May 7, 2025, the skies above South Asia became the stage for the largest aerial dogfight in modern military history. Lasting nearly an hour, the ...

European settlers killed 56 million indigenous people over about 100 years in South, Central and North America, causing large swaths of farmland to be abandoned and reforested, researchers at ...