The young man [Raphael] said, “Take courage! God’s healing is near; so take courage!” ―Tobit 5:10b The archangel Raphael is presented within the beautiful story of Tobit―a biblical novella within the ...

A paradox of recent times has been that while a focus on the theology of the angels — angelology — has gone into eclipse in the Church, a kind of New Age “spirituality” fascination with them has ...

There is a particularly charming story that appears in some Bibles and not others. This particular one is the Book of Tobit, which is one of the seven “deuterocanonical” books, which are recognized by ...

Editor’s Note: Laura Bernardini is director of coverage in CNN’s Washington Bureau. The views expressed in this column belong to Bernardini. Dad was a devout Catholic who fought for years against ...

Although there are plenty of named and unnamed angels mentioned in both the Torah and the New Testament Bible, Archangel Raphael is likely one of the most recognized by scholars as well as casual ...

Here’s a story of demons, supernatural nuptials, and a dog who makes a pilgrimage. The Book of Tobit dates back more than 2500 years, to 700 BCE. It’s considered part of the apocrypha–a set of works ...