Bob and Maggie describe a public clash between two influential Vatican departments, the Secretariat of State and the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, over the punishment of a sex offender priest. This disagreement reveals a deeper tension between these departments regarding their approaches to handling sensitive issues like sexual abuse within the Church.

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