Easy!
If there IS evidence available, and I choose to accept it; what used to be Faith is now knowledge.
If I choose to ignore it, I become like so many Catholics: relying on the assumed veracity of the Church.
If I choose to ignore it, I become like so many Catholics: relying on the assumed veracity of the Church.
I make no pretense, but neither is there any contradiction. If you are a person of faith then you accept some authority greater than your own to witness to a reality which cannot, in this life, be seen. Some will say that they look to the Bible only, and others say they look to the Church. Though, of course, both of these views are really exaggerations since no Church follower doesn't believe in the Bible and follow it, and no Bible follower is not in some way a part of a church which they also listen to for guidance and interpretation. But, empirical evidence is not at question in either of these. It all just comes down to faith.