Home / News / Taħt il-Qoxra – Il-kitba dwar il-Mafja u l-Knisja Back to News Taħt il-Qoxra – Il-kitba dwar il-Mafja u l-Knisja Audiovisual • News • Taħt il-Qoxra 4th June, 2021 Robert Aloisio is the author of 4 books on the Italian mafia, the catholic church, and a number of figures who stood up for the disenfranchised and pushed back against the mafia. In this interview we talk to Robert Aloisio about Archbishop Oscar Romero, the two judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, and the late Father Ġwann Xerri who passed away a few days ago. We also discuss the church’s role in the fight against the Mafia, the varied schools of thought within it, and the theology of liberation. The books discussed in this episode are: Qatlu lill-Arċisqof: Il-ġrajja vera ta’ Oscar Romero Falcone u Borsellino: Żewġ imħallfin li sfidaw lill-Mafja Knisja u Mafja Għaxra żgħar imma kbar These books are available from www.sayitmalta.com or by getting in touch with the author. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPX8feT0nII[/embedyt] SHARE POST Related Articles Open Call for Installation Proposals: Centrepiece of the From Illustration to Book Exhibition at the Malta Book Festival 2025 News 26th May, 2025 Read More Know Your Rights! Literary Agent Simon Trewin offers free Zoom session to stakeholders News 26th May, 2025 Read More CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: POSITION OF DIRECTOR (EXECUTIVE) WITH THE NATIONAL BOOK COUNCIL News 16th May, 2025 Read More The Malta Book Festival 2025 Will Be Writing Anew! News 14th May, 2025 Read More The 2025 Doreen Micallef National Poetry Contest is Now Open for Entries News 12th May, 2025 Read More Call for Short Stories About Valletta for Comma Press’ Reading the City Series News 28th April, 2025 Read More Have Your Say: The National Book Council 2025-2030 Strategy Up for Public Consultation News 28th April, 2025 Read More Exhibitors — apply now to participate at the 2025 Malta Book Festival! News 15th April, 2025 Read More The 41st PLR Payment Is Out Public Lending Rights 9th April, 2025 Read More National Book Prize and Terramaxka 2025 longlist published National Book Prize 2nd April, 2025 Read More view all similar news
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