Daniel Ibanez

Bishop Ralph Walker Nickless of Sioux City celebrated Mass with members of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Region IX in the grotto of St. Peter's Basilica on Jan. 16, 2020, during their ad Limina Apostolorum visit to the Vatican.

In recent months the use of the term Eucharistic coherence exploded, and bishops across the country are defending the long-standing church teaching behind the term and its implications.