I am a Roman Catholic who accepts all the teachings of the Magisterium. In the course of my teaching I have encountered other areas of science including astronomy. I have also worked for nine years in the chemical industry doing applied research. My work and my faith are not separate compartments which have little or no relation to each other. Faith and reason both have truth as the goal, and if either one is clouded, the truth cannot be found.
Truth is the goal of religious faith and scientific investigation.
May people seem to lose site of this fact. One example of this problem is the creation versus evolution controversy. I believe that the point of contention is not over the age of the earth or the age of life on earth. The contention is over how life came into existence. We see design in buildings, computers, automobiles, pencils, and countless other things.