Press digest

The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press. The Times reports how Joseph Muscat was sworn in as prime minister and shows him entering the Auberge de Castille. The Malta Independent shows Joseph Muscat waving to the crowd from the Auberge de Castille over the heading Joseph Muscat becomes Prime Minister. l-orizzont carries the heading Muscat Prim Ministru In-Nazzjon reports how Joseph Muscat was sworn in yesterday. It also reports that Paul Borg Olivier has decided not to seek re-appointment as PN general secretary. The overseas press Cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel this afternoon to begin the process to elect a successor to Pope Benedict XVI. Bloomberg reports this conclave is being seen as a struggle between cardinals looking to overhaul the Vatican bureaucracy known as “the Curia” – headed by the likes of Angelo Scola, archbishop of Milan, and Marc Ouellet of Canada – and those trying to maintain its influence such as Cardinal Pedro Odilo Scherer of Brazil. According to Irish bookmaker Paddypower, Cardinal Scola is now leading the race to be the next pope. At 2-1, he has overtaken the previous front-runner, Ghana’s Peter Turkson at 4-1, Italy's...