Ahem. I'm on just about every one of these threads and I'm Catholic. And science and research took off with the translation of Roman and Greek manuscripts that had been preserved by the Moslems in the intervening centuries -- in other words, it was a rejection of Biblical doctrine that led to science as we know it.
Hey, I said 'rarely'. In the sense they come right out and defend creationists and id'ers.
In many other regards, RC folks here in Freeper land are my pals (esp. on the abortion threads...)