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Ah yeah, there is some of that? Not totally unfounded, although my understanding is more that Angels know God is there, and always have, so they don't have to have faith, and they don't have the "sin nature" we do as a result of Adam and Eve eating that apple. Basically they don't seem to have that natural selfishness we do, so their relationship with God isn't as personal, and obedience to him comes much more easily. We are more "like God" ("made in his image", in Genesis terms). As such, those who do follow God will "rank higher" than angels, whatever that actually looks like.
That said.... it's a bit ridiculous to assert that they don't have any free will, because a bunch of them rebelled against God. It wouldn't surprise me if Catholic ideology disagrees with me here though, although I don't think there's much of that in the actual text of the Bible.