Fábio José de Melo Silva, better known as Padre Fábio de Melo (April 3, 1971), is a Catholic priest, artist, writer, university professor and presenter. He belonged to the Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. He acts in the Diocese of Taubaté, in the interior of the State of São Paulo. As a singer, he recorded eight albums for the Paulinas-COMEP Catholic record label, one for the record company Canção Nova, an independent project (Tom de Minas). His first record for a secular record company, Vida, was released by LGK Music and by Som Livre, with whom he continues to record, having already released two more albums (Iluminar and Eu e tempo – CD and DVD) by the end of 2009. In all, Fábio de Melo has sold more than 3 million copies of CDs (1.8 million only in Free Sound), in addition to 3.5 million books. As a university professor, he taught theology at the Dehonian College of Taubaté. Nowadays, it presents the program Spiritual Direction, transmitted by TV Canção Nova every Wednesday at 10 pm, with reruns on Saturdays at 8 pm and at dawn on Monday, at 1 am.