This is a tragedy in a time of grave disbelief.
“Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good.” - Pope Leo XIII (Who composed the St. Michael’s Prayer after experiencing a terrifying vision in 1884 of Satan attacking the Church).
*By the way, John Paul the Second encouraged the use of this prayer in the 1980s.
Our local bishop is banning the St Michael prayer from the end of Mass.
His article, in the local Catholic paper, explains that in order to celebrate the liturgy “in accordance with the mind of the Church” priests need to “catechize the people of God as we move away from additional prayers recited together immediately before, during, and immediately after Mass.”