The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Times reports that seven men who have alleged that they were victims of child abuse, late yesterday had an emotional meeting with Archbishop Paul Cremona. The newspaper also reports that the EU Commissioner responsible for Frontex will have urgent talks in Malta at the end of this month.
The Malta Independent says news reports on the Luqa monument have gone around the world. It also reports that Archbishop Cremona yesterday met the alleged abuse victims.
MaltaToday reports on changes in the Church policy on child abuse. It also says that a 1991 murder was the result of the trauma suffered by the accused when he suffered abuse as a child.
In-Nazzjon focuses on the Prime Minister's visit to Kuwait. It also reports that Valletta won the National League 100th anniversary cup.
l-orizzont asks if child abuse victims would be received privately by the Pope.
The overseas press
The Washington Times reports that leaders of 47 countries have pledged to secure all vulnerable nuclear material within four years. At the end of the Washington nuclear security summit, President Barack Obama announced that they had agreed a work plan to counter the danger of nuclear material falling into the hands of terrorists. He said the plan would make a real contribution to a safer world.
Pravda announces that earlier Russia and the US signed an agreement to dispose of 68 tonnes of surplus weapons-grade plutonium. The combined stockpiles were said to be enough to make 17,000 nuclear warheads. They would now be used as fuel in civilian reactors to generate electricity.
Times of Central Asia says Kyrgyzstan's ousted President Bakiyev has said he would be willing to step down in return for security guarantees for him and his family. The interim government had earlier have lifted Mr Bakiyev's immunity.
Meanwhile, The Washington Post quotes Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warning Kyrgyzstan faced civil war if political uncertainty continued. In a speech in Washington, he said, "Some political leaders will have to make a decision about their fate." The Kremlin has already offered assistance to Roza Otunbayeva who became interim leader.
The Jerusalem Post reports Israel has issued an "urgent" warning to its citizens to leave Sinai in Egypt amid fears of a terrorist plot. The prime minister's office said it had "concrete evidence" that terrorists were planning to attempt to kidnap Israelis in the peninsula.
El Pais says a Barcelona conference aimed at managing water supplies in the Mediterranean region has ended in failure. The Israelis disagreed with the wording "territories occupied" by Israel in a proposed draft text while Arab nations opposed the alternative formulation of "territories under occupation" proposed by European participants. The Mediterranean Union groups all 27 EU member states with countries in North Africa, the Balkans, the Arab world as well as Israel in a bid to foster cooperation in the region.
Bild reports a vandal spray-painted an offensive slogan over the door of Pope Benedict's birthplace in protest at the paedophile priest scandal gripping the Catholic Church. Police said the three-word phrase, which was "too obscene" to reveal, was hastily painted over. The house, where the then Joseph Ratzinger was born in 1927, has become a pilgrimage site for Catholics from around the world.
Aftonbladet says the Catholic Church in Sweden has said it would investigate two new claims of clergy abuse which allegedly happened one in the 1940s and the other "somewhat later". It said the priests suspected of the abuse no longer work in Sweden. The Church had previously only acknowledged one case of sexual abuse in Sweden.
Variety reports Hollywood actor Steven Seagal is being sued for $1m by his former personal assistant, 23-year-old Kayden Nguyen. The former model claimed she was treated as his "sex toy". The actor's lawyer has described the lawsuit as "ridiculous and absurd".