And I thank God for you, my brother priests.
The increase of mutual support among brother priests through prayer and sharing is a most encouraging sign.
One day he met a brother priest, to whom nature was no more liberal than to himself.
I am tired of your sermons and your quiet deaths, brother priest.
And when my brother priests stood facing death, can you imagine my despair at being told I was the one who must survive?
For many years he worked on mission in the North, becoming a recognized leader among his brother priests.
The overwhelming majority meet that standard and are appalled by the actions of a few of their brother priests.
He was also, unlike his brother priests, hugely popular.
The letter, which is dated yesterday, is addressed to "my dear brother priests."
I-wonder whether he and his brother priests may be out of favor with the king.