The webpage on the USCCB’s website explains the bishops have had a “major concern” that Catholics have had a declining belief and understanding of the Eucharist.
USCCB webpage answers questions about vote on Communion document
U.S. Catholics asked to pray for bishops as Communion document is drafted
The USCCB’s Committee on Doctrine will draft and present the document for discussion when the bishops reconvene in person in November for their fall general assembly.
Meeting opens with debate over time allotted to discuss Communion proposal
The first day of the U.S. bishops’ June 16-18 spring assembly began with drafting of a formal statement on the “meaning of the Eucharist in the life of the church,” remarks from Archbishop Christophe Pierre, papal nuncio and an address by Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.