The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Sunday Times features reports quoting Lockerbie bomber Al-Megrahi claiming he was betrayed for money by a Maltese man. It also reports that the Pope expressed sorrow and shame for abuse victims.
The Malta Independent says seven fireworks factories are awaiting a licence. It also quotes MUMN president Paul Pace insisting that the current dispute between the government and nurses is not about money for nurses.
Malta Today says the government is expected to bill for groundwater extraction in terms of EU law. It also says that Dom Mintoff is suffering from pneumonia.
Il-Mument quotes the Prime minister saying that reforms are yielding results. It says his address at tomorrow's PN mass meeting will be 'important'.
It-Torca says parents face high costs for uniforms, books and related items as schools reopen. It also says that Malta could lose EU funds for the power connection to Italy as the award of the tender is delayed.
Illum quotes Fr Dionisius Mintoff as saying that his brother Dom had initially been given only two days to live. He is now recovering better than expected. The newspaper also says that a strong majority favour a moratorium on the production of fireworks.
KullHadd says there are more cases of conflict of interest involving government consultant David Spiteri Gingell. It also says that Simon Busuttil is being consider as Gonzi's heir apparent.
The overseas press
Pope Benedict ends his historic four-day state visit to Britain today after beatifying Cardinal John Henry Newman, Catholicism's most revered Anglican convert, in a ceremony in Birmingham. The Observer says that some 70,000 pilgrims are expected to see him put Cardinal Newman one step closer to becoming the first English person who has lived since the 17th century to be officially recognised as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church.
The Sunday Telegraph predicts that Pope Benedict would today make a dramatic offer to disaffected Anglicans to join the Roman Catholic Church - a move he saw as the best way to challenge the rise of "aggressive secularism" and heal five centuries of division. Addressing the Catholic bishops of England, Wales and Scotland after the beatification ceremony, he would argue that his offer to disaffected Anglicans should be viewed as "a prophetic gesture".
The Sunday Times says Prime Minister David Cameron would pay tribute to Benedict XVI for challenging Britain to "sit up and think". Speaking in Birmingham to mark the final day of the Pontiff's historic state visit, Mr Cameron would tell the Pope that he agreed with him about the importance of religious faith in public life. "Faith is part of the fabric of our country. It always has been and it always will be," Mr Cameron would say.
The Independent on Sunday says some 10,000 demonstrators, protesting the Pope's visit to Britain, walked from Hyde Park Corner to Downing Street where they held a rally. The demonstrators were angry about a range of issues including the Vatican's stand on gay rights, its response to the child sex abuse scandal and the use of taxpayers' money to fund the visit.
According to The Sunday Mirror, police in Britain said six street cleaners arrested in London during the Pope's visit, posed no credible threat to the Pontiff's life. The men were arrested after being overheard in he canteen apparently talking about an attack.
The BBC says the United Nations and the Nato-led security force in Afghanistan have praised the Afghan people for their determination to vote in the parliamentary elections, despite violence that killed at least 14 people. The provisional turnout was 40 per cent.
Frettabladid reports Sweden's centre-right government heads into today's general election with a commanding lead in the polls - but could lose its majority if a far-right group makes it into Parliament. Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has urged voters to keep the Democrats, who demand sharp cuts to immigration and have called Islam Sweden's biggest foreign threat since the Second World War, out of Parliament to ensure his four-party alliance could maintain its majority.
Welt-am-Sonntag says anti-nuclear protestors took to the streets of Berlin on Saturday to voice their anger over the government's decision to extend the lifespans of Germany's atomic reactors. The previous government decided in 2000 to shut down all nuclear plants by 2021, but the current governing coalition of Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union and the Free Democratic Party now wants to extend that deadline by 10 or 15 years as a stop-gap measure until renewable energy sources are more developed.
Metro reports that UK students would soon be able to gain a qualification in sex education, learning how to access the morning after pill and use a condom. The new government-funded qualification would be piloted in nine schools across the country for the first time this year, with plans to extend it throughout the UK. Authorities pointed out that while teenage pregnancy rates were falling, albeit not at a fast enough rate to meet government targets, sexually-transmitted diseases were constantly on the increase.
Abendzeitung says Munich's mayor Christian Ude has tapped the first keg, opening this year's annual Oktoberfest in southern Germany, where millions of guests from around the globe are expected to clink mugs of frothy beer in celebration of 200 years of the world-renowned festival.
Le Parisien says a 42-year-old Frenchman who lost all his limbs in an electrical accident has successfully completed his attempt to swim the English Channel. Philippe Croizon, who swims using prosthetic legs, finished the 34km challenge in more than 14 hours. Sixteen years ago, Mr Croizon suffered a severe electric shock while removing a television aerial from a roof.