VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael help encourage and accompany Christians on life’s journey and defend them from the devil, Pope Francis said. While the three archangels ...

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 ...

Imagine you're a regular citizen, but the king of the realm has his three top princes standing ready to help you every day. Quite breathtaking, you say? When it comes to the King of Heaven, this ...

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 ...

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 ...

A paradox of recent times has been that while a focus on the theology of the angels — angelology — has gone into eclipse in the Church, a kind of New Age “spirituality” fascination with them has ...

In this file photo, Pope Francis celebrates morning Mass in the chapel of his residence at the Domus Sanctae Marthae at the Vatican. (Credit: CNS photo/L’Osservatore Romano.) Listen ROME — The ...