Roman Catholic Cleric-Scientists

It is often said that religion and science are incompatible. Worse, the Church is often portrayed as an enemy of science and progress. But how does one explain the cleric-scientist? Please visit the page I created on Wikipedia featuring an extensive list of cleric-scientists. Here is the introduction from the article:

Many great scientists throughout history have also been Roman Catholic clerics (or it can be said that many Roman Catholic clerics were also scientists), including many of the most prominent scientists in history. These include such illustrious names as Nicolaus Copernicus, Gregor Mendel, Albertus Magnus, Roger Bacon, Pierre Gassendi, Roger Joseph Boscovich, Marin Mersenne, Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Nicole Oresme, Jean Buridan, Robert Grosseteste, Christopher Clavius, Nicolas Steno, Athanasius Kircher, Giovanni Battista Riccioli, William of Ockham, and many others. Hundreds of others have made important contributions to science from the Middle Ages through the present day.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_Catholic_scientist-clerics