The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Times gives prominence to the statement by the Maltese bishops who said that the Church condemned child abuse cases by members of the clergy. It also reports that a 43-year-old Cospicua man was charged with raping his daughters.
The Malta Independent also leads with the bishops' statement and the rape charges against the Cospicua man. The newspaper, like the other publications, also reports that none of the sanctioning applications for Dwejra boathouses were upheld yesterday.
In-Nazzjon says retail sales grew at the second highest rate in the EU in February. Industrial production also increased.
l-orizzont says tourists were scared yesterday when Mepa officials started to demolish a guesthouse in Qala which had guests in it. The owner admitted there was a pending enforcement order but he had sought sanctioning.
The overseas press:
Most media on both sides of the Atlantic lead with the signature of the biggest nuclear arms pact in a generation by US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Prague.
Deutsche Welle says the meeting between Obama and Medvedev in Prague was also an opportunity for both leaders to discuss foreign policy, with particular emphasis to Iran's atomic programme and the possibility of new sanctions. Medvedev told reporters that he could not exclude that the UN would have to consider tougher sanctions against Iran.
Meanwhile, Israeli Radio reports a UN meeting on Iran had ended without any agreement. It quoted diplomats close to the discussions saying the talks, which included the five permanent Security Council members and the German ambassador to the UN, were still far from any agreement.
The Jerusalem Post announces Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has cancelled a visit to the US where he was to attend a summit on nuclear security. It quotes Israeli officials saying he took the decision after learning that Egypt and Turkey intended to raise the issue of Israel's presumed nuclear arsenal. Israel has never confirmed or denied that it possesses atomic weapons.
The Dominion Post reports that New Zealand's Roman Catholic Church said it was investigating five new complaints of sexual abuse of children - some going back to at least 20 years ago. The revelation of fresh inquiries comes days after New Zealand Roman Catholic Archbishop John Dew said the allegations placed the church in crisis. Former Police Commissioner John Jamieson said five complainants did not want to take their cases to the police and provided the church with information confidentially.
In the UK, The Independent commemorates the death of the 'Godfather of punk' Malcolm McLaren, the former manager of seventies punk band the Sex Pistols. He died in Switzerland after a long fight against cancer, aged 64.
China Today reports a former medical worker, Zheng Minsheng, has been sentenced to death for the stabbing murders of eight schoolchildren as they waited to enter their school on March 23. The randomness of the attack and the age of the children shocked China.
USA Today reports former US President Bill Clinton has undergone heart surgery. He has had two stents placed in one of his coronary arteries after experiencing chest discomfort. Mr Clinton, who is said to be in good spirits, had quadruple bypass surgery in 2004 to open four blocked arteries.
Environment Today says the European Space Agency has launched a satellite to study the effects of climate change on the Earth's icecaps. The satellite, which lifted off from Kazakhstan with the help of a Russian rocket, aims to measure changes in the thickness of the ice sheets spanning across Antarctica and Greenland, as well as variations in thickness of the ice floating in the polar oceans.
Blic says a man was attacked and seriously injured by an elephant as he tried to rescue his grandchild who had sneaked into the animal's enclosure at Belgrade Zoo.