<p><span>On June 25, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops <a href="http://www.usccb.org/news/2012/12-116.cfm">issued a response </a>to the Supreme Court's ruling on <st1 st="on" state=""></st1><st1 st="on" place=""></st1>Arizona&rsquo;s controversial immigration law SB 1070. According to the response, the Bishops are hopeful about the court's decision but remain <span>cautious </span>about some parts of the ruling. <o p=""></o></span></p>

<p>In the May 26 issue of the National Catholic Reporter, Dr. Alex Mikulich discusses the Trayvon Martin and the need for deeper soul-searching for racial justice.</p>
<p><a href="http://ncronline.org/news/spirituality/soul-searching-racial-justice">Soul-searching for racial justice</a> - Dr. Alex Mikulich</p>

<p>The <a href="https://jsri.loyno.edu/sites/loyno.edu.jsri/files/Summer%202012%20JustSouth%20Quarterly_0.pdf">Summer 2012 JustSouth Quarterly</a> addresses <a href="https://jsri.loyno.edu/mississippi-rejects-immigration-enforcement-bill">why anti-immigrant legislation was rejected in Mississippi</a> [Weishar], <a href="https://jsri.loyno.edu/catholic-social-thought-and-restorative-justice">Catholic social thought and restorative justice</a> [Mikulich], <a href="https://jsri.loyno.edu/does-relative-mobility-%E2%80%9Ccure%E2%80%9D-inequality">if relative mobility &quot;cures&quot; inequality</a> [Kammer], and a <a href="https://jsri.loyno.edu/changing-script-starting-point-reducing-gun-violence">starting point to reduce gun violence</a> [Mikulich].</p>
<p>To read this and past editions of the JustSouth Quarterly please visit our <a href="https://jsri.loyno.edu/justsouth-quarterly">archive</a>.</p>
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<p>The April 2012 JustSouth E-Newsletter looks at a new method of payday lending, the common good and election 2012, and immigration enforcement legislation that failed to pass in Mississippi.</p>
<p>View the April edition of the JustSouth E-news <a href="https://app.e2ma.net/app/view:CampaignPublic/id:31385.11803578304/rid:6074cc6eb9eeca9e62ddba2e6ba350f4">here</a>.</p>

<p>On March 8, 2012, Dr. Alex Mikulich spoke at the Family Impact Seminar in Baton Rouge on the issue of morality and payday loans. His presentation was entitled &ldquo;From the Peril of Predatory Lending to the Hope of Economic Justice: A Religious Social Ethical Perspective.&quot; Professor Nathalie Martinand recently wrote a review of the presentation on the blog <em>Credit Slips</em> entitled <a href="http://www.creditslips.org/creditslips/2012/04/usury-takes-a-bite-out-of-the-poor.html#more">&quot;Usury Takes a Bite Out of the Poor.&quot;</a></p>

<p>The Spring 2012 JustSouth Quarterly addresses the life, death, and voting rights in the Texas <em>Colonias</em> [Seifert], Catholic social thought and distributive justice [Kammer], the failure of punitive crime policy [Mikulich], and why people of faith should be concerned about growing economic inequailty [Kammer]. See the complete text <a href="https://jsri.loyno.edu/sites/loyno.edu.jsri/files/Spring%202012-FINAL-jsq.pdf">here</a>.</p>

<p>In the March 21 issue of the National Catholic Reporter, Fr. Fred Kammer, S.J. discusses the call to all Christian voters to strive to secure a common good that responds to the real needs of our neighbors.</p>
<p>&nbsp;<a href="http://ncronline.org/news/politics/effective-love-and-practical-charity-secure-common-good">'Effective love' and 'practical charity' secure the common good</a> - Fr. Fred Kammer, S.J.</p>
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<p>In the latest issue of America Magazine, JSRI board member Tom Massaro, S.J. calls for a cool down to the polarization currently taking place both in Washington and the Church.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=13328">Time to Cool Down</a> by Fr. Tom Massaro, S.J.</p>

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<p>Dr. Alex Mikulich of JSRI&nbsp;and Sophie Cull of the Louisiana Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty recently published an extensive study on the Death Penalty in Louisiana. The full text of the study and a short brief are available through the <a href="http://catholicsmobilizing.org/">Catholic Mobilizing Network</a>.</p>
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<p>Read the full text of the study:&nbsp;<a href="http://catholicsmobilizing.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Death-Penalty-in-Louisiana_Full.pdf">Diminishing All of Us: The&nbsp;Death Penalty in&nbsp;Louisana</a></p>
<p><a href="http://catholicsmobilizing.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Death-Penalty-in-Louisiana_Brief.pdf">Read a short summary of the report here.</a></p>
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<p>After ten years of living and working in the U.S. with Temporary Protected Status (TPS), caring for his wife and four children, paying taxes, and with no criminal issues, the U.S. government deported German Oliva back to his native Honduras in 2009. Dr. Sue Wiesher, JSRI Migration Specialist, spoke with German's wife, Tania Oliva, who is a U.S. citizen, about the impact that Gernando's deportation on their family. Tania's story illustrates how our nation's broken immigration system does great harm to children and families. The grief and pain the Oliva family continues to endure over the loss of their father begs the question, why do we as a nation allow such laws to continue?</p>
<p>The two-part interview was recorded and edited by Rosa Gomez with <a href="http://movingforwardgc.org/advocacy_media_immigration.php">Moving Forward Gulf Coast</a>.</p>
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<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO79nmTRBeE&amp;feature=related">The Plight of Families</a> (part 1)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGjbre6A_3Q&amp;feature=related">The Plight of Families</a> (part 2)</li>
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