A Silent war begins when a Priest no longer trust his brothers My dear brothers, I speak to you from my experience, as a brother struggling among you, carrying the same oil of ordination and the same fragile humanity. There are moments in our priestly journey when the wound is not directed inward, and not even primarily toward the people we serve, but toward one another. There are moments when a priest discovers, sometimes painfully and sometimes quietly, that he no longer trusts his brother priests. This reality is rarely admitted aloud, yet it can deeply shape the way we live our priesthood. When trust among priests is weakened, something essential in the Body of Christ suffers. The priesthood was never meant to be lived in isolation. From the day of our ordination, we were inserted into a presbyterate, not as independent contractors of grace, but as brothers sharing one priesthood in Christ. Presbyterorum Ordinis reminds us that priests form one presbyterate and are bound toget...