Researchers are testing whether a psychedelic compound found in "magic mushrooms" can unlock doors to spirituality...and they may be enlisting your priest.

Is religion a force for evil - a source of fear, guilt and repression? Or is it a force for good - a source of freedom, liberation, and mercy? We asked a panel of clergy and big thinkers on June 3rd, 2016.

In this second installment of our Nuns Now series, Sister Holzman tells us why she chose to give away virtually all her earthly possessions, including her cell phone, when she was just 24.

It’s the time of year when many Jews around the country are pulling out their checkbooks to buy tickets for the High Holy Days. So why do Jews pay dues, and Christians don't?

Yes, we're going there. How do churches and synagogues get their congregations to pay up? And, a guitar-playing nun who chose a traditional life - and a habit - at 24.

Sister Judy Murray, a cloistered nun in Baltimore, gives us a peek into her life of simplicity, celibacy, and obedience ... and the occasional trip outside the convent.

Katherine Ozment walks us through the moment she realized "nothing" wasn't the right answer to her son's question about their religious identity.

Politicians want their votes, social movements want their support, and houses of worship want them back. We trace the explosive growth of the religiously unaffiliated, AKA the 'nones.'

What a tongue-twister: We're thinking about nuns--the kind that used to live in convents--and nones--the religiously unaffiliated.

Bernadette has a plan: She will do one random act of kindness for a stranger every day for a year. How do these strangers react to her flowers and inspirational notes?