Gabriel and Raphael — with the three forming ... as he “wag[es] war with the dragon” alongside his fellow angels. Michael, Aquilina said, was “a supremely important character who was ...

The Church celebrates the feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael on September 29th. The Roman Catholic Church confirms the existence of angels and that they are active in our lives.

Because Michael and Gabriel often get all the attention, today’s painting features St. Raphael. Titian’s “Archangel Raphael and Tobit” portrays Tobit as a little boy looking up trustingly ...