Jeromiah Taylor

Jeromiah Taylor

Jeromiah Taylor is a writer from Wichita, Kansas. He is the editorial assistant at NCR. 

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Pope Paul VI is carried in procession on the sedia gestatoria, a ceremonial throne, in this undated photo. Pope Paul, who served as pope from 1963-1978, is most remembered for his 1968 encyclical, Humanae Vitae, which affirmed the church's teaching against artificial contraception. (CNS/Catholic Press Photo/Giancarlo Giuliani)

Read NCR's 1967 reveal of the papal birth control commission documents

In April 1967, National Catholic Reporter published the secret recommendations of the papal birth control commission. The story was emblematic of how NCR revolutionized journalistic coverage of the Catholic Church.

San Salvador Archbishop Arturo Rivera Damas (near center with stole) and others view the bodies of those slain at Central American University in El Salvador Nov. 16, 1989.

Read NCR's coverage of 1989 massacre of Jesuits in El Salvador

In this NCR news report originally published Nov. 24, 1989, readers learn about the shocking massacre of Jesuit priests at the Central American University in San Salvador, which had occurred eight days earlier. 

Then-U.S. President Richard Nixon and National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger stand on Air Force One during their voyage to China Feb. 20, 1972. Nixon won a second term following the 1972 general election. (OSV News/Richard Nixon Presidential Library handout via Reuters)

Read NCR's last editorial before 1972 general election

The following staff editorial was published four days before the general election of 1972, when Richard Nixon won his second term in a landslide. You'll notice continuity between the paper then and now.

Jeromiah Taylor, right, and Brian Terrell, second from right, co-facilitate a roundtable discussion at the Peter Maurin Conference, which was held at St. Gregory's Hall in Chicago Sept. 6-8. (Mark Franzen)

Peter Maurin Conference highlights modern relevance of Catholic Worker co-founder

The first-ever conference dedicated to the life of Catholic Worker co-founder Peter Maurin centered on the question of how his program can inspire us to "blow the dynamite" of the Gospel.

"Dorothy Day: Radical Devotion" is written by Jeffry Odell Korgen and illustrated by Christopher Cardinale. (Paulist Press)

'Dorothy Day' graphic novel captures nuance of Catholic Worker's legacy

The new graphic novel on the life of Dorothy Day is the perfect medium to convey the nuance, power and multi-dimensionality of Day's legacy, writes Jeromiah Taylor.

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