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“We are sleeping in the cold,” says 19-year-old Mirriam Karilito, who is seven months pregnant. “And when the rains come, it’s worse.”  Tropical Cyclone

Young mothers in Malawi find a space safe from Tropical Storm Freddy’s catastrophic consequences

NSANJE, Malawi – “We are sleeping in the cold,” says 19-year-old Mirriam Karilito, who is seven months pregnant. “And when the rains come, it’s worse.” 

NSANJE, Malawi – “We are sleeping in the cold,” says 19-year-old Mirriam Karilito, who is seven months pregnant. “And when the rains come, it’s worse.”  Tropical Cyclone Freddy made landfall in Malawi on 14 March. In its wake, hundreds of thousands of buildings have been destroyed, at least one thousand people have been killed and more than 650,000 people have been displaced. 

Mondo will release the Emmy-nominated score to season one of Loki this Wednesday in the Mondo Record Shop.

Natalie Holt was nominated for an Emmy for her work on the Loki soundtrack, and it was well-deserved.

Nerdist has your exclusive first-look at Mondo's gorgeous new vinyl album collection for the Emmy-nominated score from Loki's first season.

The call to synodality is a call to convert, reform and renew the church’s organisational culture. New cultures do not emerge automatically. It is not about turning upside down the present pyramid structure of the church with a clerical hierarchy at the top and the faithful on the bottom. The church is not a political democracy, but a ‘holy people’ whose mission is to make God and Jesus present and, in a sense, visible to our world. By Anne Benjamin

After six months of searching for her beloved thaali — a gold wedding necklace gifted to a bride from her groom’s family — LeeAnne Benjamin had accepted she’d never see it again. But then she unwrapped a Christmas present that revealed not all hope should be lost.

Among Australian Catholics the Plenary Council and the preparations for the Synod in Rome on Synodality have aroused hope and stirred scepticism. It is clear that a Church diminishing in numbers of participants in its public life and in its financial resources, and discouraged by the extent of child abuse by its officers, must find new ways. By Andrew Hamilton