"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 ...

The St. Michael Prayer is getting traction once again in these dire times for the world and the Church. Already, several bishops have directed their priests to have the Prayer to St. Michael recited ...

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 ...

St. Michael's Church in downtown Charleston will host its 60th Day of Healing Prayer this month, welcoming guests to be delivered from physical and emotional ailments. The annual event seeks to ...

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 ...

St. Michael's Parents' Saturday is a day when Orthodox Christians pray for the dead and ask God for rest for their souls.

Reacting to deadly violence between security forces and armed supporters of a local drug lord in Jamaica, the Archbishop of Kingston has said most of the country is calm but well-paid gunmen will ...

In the lobby of Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church in Dallas on Sunday, churchgoers gathered around a table with multicolored strips of paper. People bent over, pen in hand, as they wrote ...

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, ...