On 28 August, Pope Leo XIV received Sister Lucía Caram, an Argentine-born Dominican nun who has lived in Spain for nearly three decades. The encounter was not included in the day’s official bulletin of papal audiences issued by the Holy See Press Office, which listed other appointments but omitted the meeting with Sister Caram.
Sister Caram, who resides in the Convent of Santa Clara de Manresa in Barcelona, is well known in Spain as a television personality and social commentator. She has promoted interreligious dialogue and humanitarian initiatives, including aid convoys to Ukraine, where she has personally delivered supplies and returned with refugees. She is also the founder of the Fundación Rosa Oriol, which provides assistance to disadvantaged families. A friend of Pope Francis, she has previously met him to discuss her projects.
Born in Tucumán to a Lebanese family, she was educated in a religious school and entered the Dominican order after experiencing the turmoil of Argentina’s military dictatorship. In Spain she has combined her vocation with public engagement, often through the media, where she has not shied away from controversial topics.
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