From Sister Caram to Father Martin: How Leo XIV Is Carrying Forward Francis’ “Open Doors” Revolution
The Caram Audience: From Francis’ Friend to Leo’s Guest
On August 28, Pope Leo XIV quietly received Sister Lucía Caram, the Argentine Dominican nun best known for her public approval of homosexual “marriage.” Her statement from 2023 still hangs in the air: “I would be in favor of homosexuals getting married in the Church because God always blesses love.” Asked if she would recommend homosexual couples act on their vice, she shrugged: “If they love each other… What do you want me to tell you!”
This is not a slip of the tongue. Caram has built her reputation on pushing boundaries and taunting the Church’s moral law. She even accused Cardinal Fernández of being a practicing homosexual. Yet the Vatican Media cameras clicked as she was ushered into the Apostolic Palace to sit with Leo himself. Curiously, the official Holy See bulletin omitted the audience. Why? Because Rome knows the optics: Sister Caram is poison to Catholic teaching, but medicine to the world’s progressive press.
The James Martin Embrace
Three days later, on September 1, Leo met with Father James Martin, the Jesuit celebrity priest who has made LGBT advocacy the heart of his ministry. Martin himself shared the moment on social media, basking in the glow of papal favor.
Notice his words: “I heard the same message from Pope Leo that I heard from Pope Francis about welcoming LGBTQ people.” No accident here. This was stage-managed continuity. Francis gave Martin legitimacy; Leo gives him legacy.
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