Men in Black: An interview with Fr. Robert Silva  Article Parish
Life Robert Silva, a pastor and spiritual director who has
taught at the University of the Pacific and the Catholic
University of America, talks about how his journey to priesthood
changed his life.  "We should not deny that we are struggling
with the fallout from the sex-abuse scandal," Father Robert Suva
told the 2006 convention of the National Federation of Priests'
Councils (NFPC). "We are convinced and convicted of our
priesthood. But we are struggling."  Silva, a pastor and
spiritual director who has taught at the University of the
Pacific and the Catholic University of America, has been
president of the NFPC through some of the most challenging years
for priests in its existence. Founded in the late 1960s in the
tumultuous days after the second Vatican Council, the NFPC began
as a national forum for priests to answer Vatican ll's call to
become a more collegial church.  In the midst of their
struggles, Suva called on his fellow priests to