The Bishops and Eucharistic Coherence By March 17, 2021 Coherence is the logical way of presenting the facts. It is another word for consistency. Since the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has decided to address Eucharistic coherence, we can presume that they have deemed it a matter of concern and something they need to talk about in an official way. But a look back at history in recent decades forces us to wonder why they need to do this. In 2005, Cardinal Alfonso Trujillo, the Vatican prelate who led the Pontifical Council for the Family for many years, referred to a previous synod as he taught in