ROME — When most people say 'the Vatican,' they correctly have in mind the central government of the Catholic Church under the pope. Few, however, could tick off more than a handful of its component parts. Catholic insiders probably could name the Secretariat of State as the 800-pound gorilla of the Vatican scene, or maybe the dicastery formerly known as the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith as the dogmatic watchdog agency. Fueled by potboiler novels and movies, others probably could tick off the Vatican bank (if likely not its actual name, the 'Institute for the Works of Religion'), or maybe the Vatican Secret Archives.

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