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Megan Sweas

Megan Sweas is the editor at the USC Center for Religion and Civil Culture, and a freelance journalist based in Los Angeles. She writes about social and economic justice issues and world religions and is author of “Putting Education to Work: How Cristo Rey High Schools are Transforming Urban Education.”

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Religion Dispatches
As the choir rehearses before St. Monica’s Sunday evening Mass, two blond women in skinny jeans slide into a pew in the rear of the church and chat quietly. A few pews back a woman wearing a mid-thigh…
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Religion Dispatches
Pope Francis may differ greatly in tone from Pope Benedict, but on many social issues Francis can expect the same pushback his predecessor received in the United States. When Pope Benedict brought up…
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Religion Dispatches
Pope Francis confessed his love for a woman—for many women, actually—on national television this month. After talking with immigrant families in McAllen, Texas on the ABC 20/20 special episode “Pope…
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