A few weeks ago, controversy erupted over a claim that Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich had instructed a priest in that archdiocese to cease and desist from publicly reciting the “Prayer to St. Michael ...

A statue of St. Michael the Archangel is seen at the Church of St. Michael in New York City. (Credit: CNS Photo/Gregory A. Shemitz.) Listen WASHINGTON, D.C. — In response to the Church abuse crisis, ...

If ever there was a time for Catholics to call on a saint whose charge is to “defend us in battle,” it is now. Bishops in more than a dozen dioceses are doing just that by asking that the prayer to St ...

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 ...

O glorious St. Michael, guardian and defender of the Church of Jesus Christ, come to the assistance of this Church, against which the powers of hell are unchained, guard with especial care her august ...

Many Catholics can, at the drop of a hat, recite the prayer to St. Michael the Archangel — the famous petition to that venerable saint to “defend us in battle” and “cast into hell Satan.” In the ...

Today, I salute the millions of Christian believers in the United States and around the world observing the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel. According to sacred Scripture, when the Devil rebelled ...

The Capital Gazette murders will be mentioned at all our Masses this weekend. We will pray for the five people killed and the two wounded in perhaps the worst loss of life for a newspaper in the ...

"Saint Michael and the Dragon," a Spanish (Valencian) painting, tempera on wood, gold ground, c. 1405. (Met Museum) WASHINGTON (CNS) — In response to the church abuse crisis, many parishes around the ...