How did new latin american nations deal with the question of the catholic church?

I found this on Quizlet- "path was difficult. found it difficult to define role of Catholic Church (religious monopoly) after independence which controlled all levels of education and dominated intellectual life. Conflicts between liberalists who wanted to separate the country from the church and conservatives who supported the church dominated political life. " 

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Do you have more info about it ? i doubt this is the answer because i don't have all the information but if trouble was brewing in a clinic maybe it was an argument as to which clinic was better or smth of that nature