On September 29 the Church celebrates the Feast of Ss Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, the Archangels. This year is also the 130th anniversary of Pope Leo XIII directing that the prayer to St Michael be said after every Low Mass. Following the changes in 1964 the prayer largely fell out use and resulted in a decline of devotion to St Michael and awareness of the need to pray for his protection.
However, throughout the world today there is still a strong commitment to invoke this great protector. Here are five shrines of St Michael throughout the world where he continues to be honoured.
