Group also asks to consecrate island to Jesus and MaryVALLETTA, Malta (ChurchMilitant.com) - The Maltese Catholic lay organization Pro Malta Christiana published a full-page, paid manifesto in the June 21 edition of the weekly Malta Independent on Sunday. The article denounced state and Church-imposed restrictions on the reception of the sacraments in Malta (that were in place for a three-month period, beginning March 12), which were lifted by the Maltese bishops recently, on June 14.