Known as the Prince of Angels or Heavenly Guardian, Archangel Michael is depicted as a mighty and courageous warrior. In the Bible, he is mentioned in the book of Daniel, the letter of Jude, and ...

Prayer for protection from evil spirits has a long history. In the Orthodox tradition, prayers aimed at getting rid of evil have been known since early times. They have become part of rituals ...

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, ...

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 ...