US bishops ask to delay discussion on Eucharist Archbishop Gomez says USCCB rules require that the body of bishops first be asked whether to issue a document on a particular topic Updated: May 28, 2021 06:01 AM GMT Trending Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. (Photo: Twitter) After receiving an unprecedented letter from 67 bishops appealing for a delay in a discussion during the bishops' upcoming spring general assembly on whether to prepare a teaching document on the reception of Communion, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bisho...