Papal attack

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No: HPFGUIDX 127993


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "rochesteruponmedway" 
<rochesteruponmedway at y...> wrote:
> 
> I was absolutely appalled to read in a newspaper today that the new 
> pope was attacking Harry Potter as "a subtle seduction which has 
deeply 
> unnoticed and direct effects in undermining the soul of Christianity 
> before it can really grow properly". Isn't it bad enough that the 
books 
> are attacked by the Protestant right, but now the head of the 
Catholic 
> church is joining in. It must be very distressing for JKR, a good 
> Christian, to read such things.

Stefanie inquires:
Can you provide a source for this? I just a news search for any 
indication of this being said and the only search results coming up 
were those from 2003 when Pope John Paul II said that Harry Potter is 
not detrimental or averse to the Christian faith. I've seen no quotes 
from Pope Benedict XVI, and to tell you the truth, I really don't 
think commenting on Harry Potter is top on his list of priorities in 
his first week of papal duties. If you have a source for this news 
report, please post it.

Stefanie, who is addicted to primary sources.