Is a brother the same as a priest?
No. A brother is a non-ordained Religious. He takes vows of poverty, chastity and obedience within his Religious Congregation along with priests of the Congregation, but he does not serve as a priest. He cannot say Mass, for instance, or hear confessions, etc.
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