I've always heard that the Catholic Church suppressed generations of scientific knowledge due to the information being counter to their faith-based world view. However, I also know that the church historically funded many pursuits in astronomy, physics, mathematics, and engineering and had a pretty passive view of evolution.
I tried to dig up some information online and mainly find Catholic sources who claim the suppression claim or "conflict model" to be blatantly untrue or secular sources that more or less state the suppression as fact without providing much supporting evidence.
What do people who actually know what they're talking about say about this topic?
Ah, it's our old friend the Conflict Thesis! No, the Church was not a roadblock for scientific progress in the Medieval Period. More can always be said, so if anyone would like to practise their arguments against this popular notion, please don't let this post stop you!
For the meantime, OP, I commend to your attention some previous posts chewing on The Medieval Catholic Church Versus Science: