The Unholy War: a five-part series on Malta's Interdett – Part 1
The Unholy War: a five-part series on Malta’s Interdett – Part 1 First of a MaltaToday series on the January 1961 Church Interdett, first published in MaltaToday in 2005 17 April 2021, 5:34pm by Michaela Muscat In January 1961, the diocesan commission issued a circular which was read out in all churches condemning the MLP’s affiliation with the Socialist International and the Afro-Asian Peoples Solidarity Organisation. In a bid to wield its power over the god-fearing masses, it declared a sin the reading of Labour newspapers and the attendance of MLP meetings. The events of the sixtie...