Sr. Anne Arabome

Social Service Sr. Anne Arabome is the founder and director of Sophia Institute of Theological Studies and Spiritual Formation, which provides theological education, spiritual formation, healing ministries, spiritual direction training and leadership development for women religious and lay leaders across Africa.

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Julia Jackson (center), mother of Jacob Blake, who was shot several times in the back by a police officer, speaks during a press conference outside the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Aug. 25. (Newscom/Reuters/Stephen Maturen)

Mother of Sorrows: how racial injustice paralyzes the imago Dei

Commentary: For Black mothers all around the world, "Mother of Sorrows" is not just a devotional label; it is reality. Like many African American mothers, Mary laments: "Look what they've done to my child."

I can't breathe because God can't breathe

Commentary: I can't breathe when I have to constantly fight to be seen or recognized as a human person.

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