A statue of St. Michael the Archangel is displayed at the Church of St. Michael in New York City. (CNS Photo/Gregory A. Shemitz) St. Michael the Archangel is back, invoked to defend Christians from ...

There are plenty of reasons for invoking the help of the most powerful archangel in today’s battles against the devil. A statue of St. Michael the Archangel putting his sword back into its sheath is ...

A statue of St. Michael the Archangel is seen at the Church of St. Michael in New York City. In response to the church's abuse crisis, some pastors have asked their parishioners to say the prayer to ...

Since the late 19th Century, Catholics have recited the Prayer to St. Michael when facing disease, disaster and despair. It proclaims, in part: "St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. … O ...

Prayer to the Holy Archangel Michael is a powerful spiritual appeal for protection from visible and invisible enemies. In the Orthodox tradition, Archangel Michael is considered an archangel, a ...

Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, this week responded to a letter in The Wall Street Journal from a priest objecting to the praying of the St. Michael Prayer at the end of Mass, ...