An Irish columnist has said that the Irish presidential race needs someone like Dana Rosemary Scallon, the pro-life politician. Andrew Lynch wrote that the existing candidates have failed to excite public opinion. He said that Dana "is politically shrewd, utterly sincere in her Christian beliefs and has a personal charm that's conspicuously lacking in some of her rivals." [Irish Herald, 4 August] http://bit.ly/pQjpp3

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UK woman tells how she starved her mother to death

Question of embryo adoption is closed, says Catholic pro-life leader

Profile of Sisters of Life, New York Catholic order of pro-life nuns [Wall Street Journal, 29 July] http://on.wsj.com/pbnZ2c

Japanese scientists claim creation of mouse sperm from mouse embryonic stem cells [Reuters, 5 August] http://reut.rs/okxZIg

Vatican newspaper marks 70th anniversary of cardinal's famous sermon against Nazi euthanasia programme [L'Osservatore Romano, 3 August] http://bit.ly/mTomyh

Mother of four faces deportation from US to China, forced sterilisation [LifeSiteNews.com, 4 August] http://bit.ly/qDqv80

Majority of Americans against Obama decision to force birth control insurance coverage, suggests poll [LifeNews.com, 4 August] http://bit.ly/nubvTW

UK mother risked life to start family [Tameside Advertiser, 3 August] http://bit.ly/pvs9Eb