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I was watching a program on this!
Well basically...it's that both Science and Religion search for the Ultimate Truth [that being the origin of the Universe, where we came from and all of that sort of thing]. On some points, it seems that they do contradict at the surface, that is. The Catechism has always seemed to hold issue with some prominent scientists, and the majority of the population who was Catholic, say, followed suit in agreeing strongly with the Catechism's decisions. Despite my vague anecdote, I hope that I'm making sense :P . Church authority has been scared of Science before as there was no clear, true explanation at the time to explain away the Bible's shortcomings. So, the general rift in the relationship between Church and Science was created early on and has just never quite been mended.