Morning Roundup - Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (transferred) - Missa 'Vultum Tuum' - April 8th, 2013

• Acton Institute PowerBlog >> Lady Margaret Thatcher, 1925-2013  (Requiescat in pace!)
• Archdiocese of Washington (Msgr. Charles Pope) >> That at least Peter’s shadow might fall on them: A Challenge to the Church in the Acts of the Apostles.
• Catholic Conclave (Christopher Gillibrand) >> Pope did not give Communion to Muslim prisoner
• Catholic World Report - Blog >> Pope Francis makes two American episcopal appointments  (Catherine Harmon)
• CatholicHerald.co.uk >> Archbishop Nichols prays for repose of Baroness Thatcher’s soul
• CatholicHerald.co.uk >> Margaret Thatcher was a woman of extraordinary calibre driven by a dedication to hard work  (Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith)
• Charlotte was Both (Amy Welborn) >> So yeah  (AMAZINGLY CREATIVE POST!)
• Chiesa.expressonline.it (by***) >> Vatican Diary / The reform of the curia has already begun
• Creative Minority Report >> Proof The Left Hates Catholic Schools and Homeschooling Families
• Daily Meditations with Fr. Alfonse >> Luke 1:26-38 The Annunciation 
• Damian Thompson >> Margaret Thatcher, the greatest politician of her generation, has died
• Domine, da mihi hanc aquam! (Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP) >> Just let it all go 
• FIRST THINGS: On the Square >>  Gay Marriage and Conservatism  (R. R. Reno)
• HOLY SOULS HERMITAGE (Fr. George David Byers) >> Sacred Tradition, Sacred Scripture and Sacred Magisterium on the anniversary of THE Counter-Reformation Statement: Sacrosancta (8 April 1546)
• In the Light of the Law (Dr. Edward Peters) >> A couple notes on today’s DFP article on holy Communion and gay activists, esp in re Fr. Reese
• Mulier Fortis (Mac McLernon) >> Happy Feast Day ! 
• National Review Online (Mark Steyn) >> The Anti-Declinist
• New Liturgical Movement >> The Sacred Liturgy and the Apostolate
• SHIRT OF FLAME (Heather King) >> AVOIDING THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT, REVISITED
• SOUTHERN ORDERS (Fr. Allan J. McDonald) >> QUOD VADIS VATICAN II?
• SOUTHERN ORDERS (Fr. Allan J. McDonald) >> POPE FRANCIS HOMILY FOR THE TRANSFERRED SOLEMNITY OF THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD, APRIL 8, 2013 (WILL CHRISTMAS BE ON JANUARY 8, 2014?)
• Stacy Trasancos >> Are Atheists Dogmatic? A.C. Grayling’s Non-Answer
• Te Deum laudamus! (Diane M. Korzeniewski, OCDS) >> A strange case of invalid sacramental "confirmations" in Herzegovina {Updated}
• The Catacombs >> EF Mass in Corning, NY on April 14 
• The Catholic Thing >> School Choice as Social Justice  (Kristina Johannes)
• The Chant Café >> English Propers: Annunciation
• The Curt Jester (Jeff Miller) >> Not Peace but a Sword- The Great Chasm between Christianity and Islam 
• The New Theological Movement (Father Ryan Erlenbush) >> What troubled the Virgin at the Annunciation, and what we learn
• The TOF Spot (Michael Flynn) >> On the Exigencies of Translation 
• Word On Fire Blog >> The Annunciation: Late, but better than never at all!