As Catholics we believe and will never let go of the Infallibly declared Dogmatic Articles of Faith. Will all agree that the very first one of these is that God( a real personal being) created the Universe as an act of Grace and Love? I think so.

Ultimately we are dealing with an act of faith but if the preceeding is true and God created the Univese then he must necessarly also have created everything in it and this includes science as well as history. These things must collaborate and corraborate with Scripture and Tradition or the whole thing is a bust.

Science can never be at odds with Creation. This is what drove the gang at thenakedscientist crazy when I offered the $ for the name of a person executed by the Church for alleging the Earth revolves around the Sun.