Bishop Defends St. Michael’s Prayer After Mass: ‘The Devil Has No Influence’ Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, responded this week.

In “Donald Trump Has a Prayer” (Houses of Worship, Oct. 11), Raymond J. de Souza notes the resurgence of reciting the St. Michael prayer after Mass. The Holy See suppressed this practice in ...

After Vatican II, the Leonine prayers were sidelined in 1964; however, as a result of the various dire situations in the world, specifically the clergy-sex-abuse scandal, the Prayer to St. Michael ...

My parish prays it together after every Mass, pleading for the protection of a martial saint: “St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Catholic priests will now be able to celebrate Mass “for the care of creation” after the Vatican ...

The Episcopal church held a prayer service for families impacted, including Saint Michael’s members the Bonner family.

ATLANTIC CITY — With standing room only Sunday, more than 300 hundred people crowded into St. Michael’s Catholic Church for the final Mass celebration after 113 years of worship.

Pope Francis funeral is on Saturday. Bishop David Walkowiak will lead a memorial service on April 28 at the Cathedral of Saint Andrew, with additional services this weekend in the Grand Rapids area.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -A new rite published by the Vatican on Thursday will allow priests to celebrate a Mass to exhort ...

As the sun rose on St. Michael the Archangel Church in Cary, thousands of Catholics and Christians worldwide said final farewell to Pope Francis.

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 ...