I heard a Parish Priest from New York say that at times when he walked down the street people would spit at him from their window. People call them on the phone and say things are not proper to repeat here. Our Lady told a visionary from Naju, Korea that the devil concentrates on priests because if he gets them to fall he can drag many souls down with them. I must say that in the past it never occurred to me to include in my prayers either my Parish Priests or local Bishops. We have to start praying and sacrificing for our local Church.
Prayer can make a tremendous difference.
Look at what happened to St. Peter after his arrest by Herod. St. Peter was miraculously delivered from prison by an angel. So let us pray daily for our local Church leaders.