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. In response to the church's abuse crisis, some pastors have asked their parishioners to say the prayer to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...