The following are the top stories in national newspapers today.

The Sunday Times of Malta says the Church is owed more than €2.2 million for 53 expropriations that have occurred in the past 40 years, but that figure could soar when another 300 sites, still to be valued, are included in the list. It also reports that an inquiry has cleared ministers Manuel Mallia and Anton Refalo of allegations that they interfered in a police drug trafficking investigation.

The Malta Independent on Sunday speaks to the Moroccan woman who was the victim of a horrific attack last Sunday when four men performed a forced abortion on her.

Illum says that the Church’s radio RTK is being led by PN strategists.

Malta Today says that Nationalist MPs learnt of the coalition between the Nationalist Party and Partit Demokratiku through the media.

It-Torċa says that the announced coalition between the two parties has created internal chaos within the Nationalist Party.

Il-Mument leads with the Nationalist Party’s reaction to the inquiry report clearing two ministers of interference in a police drug trafficking investigation saying that the inquiry was a whitewash.