The predominant religion in Malta is Christianity, with Roman Catholicism being the predominant denomination. Most Maltese claim to be Catholic and participate in Catholic religious services and the Constitution of Malta establishes Catholicism as the state religion. Catholicism is also present in various elements of Maltese culture.
Freedom of religion is, however, guaranteed as a constitutional right and generally respected and increasing secularisation and minority religions are in evidence.
Malta's patron saints are St Paul, St Publius and St Agatha. The feast of the Assumption of Mary (15 August) is also widely celebrated also thanks to its being the day in 1942 when a relief convoy as part of Operation Pedestal made it through the Axis' blockade during the Second World war.
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