[gopwinsin04]

And so Papa Benedetto's papacy begins!

[pissant]

Heck. If the books are 10 times better than the movies, he should still "hit out" at them for sucking so completely!

[Terpfen]

"Contact Music News?" No thanks.

[Pyro7480]

Catholic ping!

[ProudVet77]

This is going to get interesting!

[Antoninus]

which is deeply unnoticed and has direct effects in undermining the soul of Christianity before it can really grow porperly.

What exactly is "porperly"? Yeah, this looks like a trustworthy source...

[AnAmericanMother]

Unsourced, poorly written, unexplained, and very brief article from an oddball website.

Yeah, I'm convinced. < /sarcasm >

[DaGman]

This is NOT an infallibility thing... it's just BXVI's opinion.

[LIConFem]

Undermining the soul of Christianity? They're just fantasy/fiction, for Pete's sake. How are the Harry Potter books different from the b'zillions of other childrens' books/stories that most of us grew up reading (Alice in Wonderland, for example)?

[Antoninus]

Leading Christian theologian UTA RANKE-HEINEMANN, 77, comments, "The Vatican feels it has the copyright on what is good and what is evil and it does not want anyone else infringing its right to this monopoly. "It will condemn anyone who tries to enter this territory without its permission."

Also from this article, but not cited above. No indication of where Benedict's quotes came from. Quoting a "leading Christian theologian" who I've never heard of who obviously hates the Catholic Church. This article has all the hallmarks of cr@p journalism.

[explodingspleen]

Any enemy of Harry Potter is a friend of mine. ;)

[areafiftyone]

Leading Christian theologian UTA RANKE-HEINEMANN, 77, comments, "The Vatican feels it has the copyright on what is good and what is evil and it does not want anyone else infringing its right to this monopoly. "It will condemn anyone who tries to enter this territory without its permission."

Ahhhhh The Pope Bashing has begun!

SOME INFO ON UTA RANKE HEIMANN:

German theologian Uta Ranke-Heinemann—one of Pope John Paul II’s most outspoken critics. She had also been a classmate of Joseph Ratzinger’s, when they were doctoral students together at the University of Munich in the early 1950s.

The daughter of the late Gustav Heinemann, president of West Germany from 1969 to 1974, Uta went on to become the world’s first woman professor of Catholic theology when she was given a church-appointed chair at the University of Essen. She also became the bestselling author of several controversial books, including "Eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven" and "Putting Away Childish Things," both of which sold millions of copies around the world. In 1987, the church declared Uta ineligible to teach, after she declared the virgin birth to be a theological belief and not a biological fact. She still holds a chair in religious studies at Essen—a state chair.

[Luna]

H'm. My sister has read every Harry Potter book, yet somehow has managed to remain an active, devout Christian. I don't see the big deal with HP. It is make believe, afterall.

[ZULU]

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Uh oh.

[siunevada]

Of all the links in the article, nothing links to an original source for this 'statement'.

But, it could be in the top ten of Papa's list.

Things To Do Today:

1. Emphasize Christian unity
2. Get religious believers working together for world peace
3. Get the message out on Harry Potter

[Battle Hymn of the Republic]

John 14: 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Looks like the new Pope is taking his job very seriously now, in these very serious times.

[zbogwan2]

He said, 'it is good that you explain the facts of Harry Potter, because this is subtle seduction, which is deeply unnoticed and has direct effects in undermining the soul of Christianity before it can really grow properly.'

Here in the Detroit area Cardinal Maida and his mob keep closing Catholic schools and the Soul of Catholicism keeps on dying.The schools are the only thing the Catholic Church is got going for them as far as instilling Catholic and Christian principles in the kids.Imho.

[Corin Stormhands]

I can't find another "legitimate" source for this. But if you Google "Pope" and "Harry Potter" in the news, you find that the real story is that the Pope's writings are currently outselling Harry Potter.

Thus a headline "Pope Knocks Down Harry Potter" could just mean he knocked him down on the best seller's list.

Not saying the Pope likes HP. Just saying we don't have a credible source to believe he doesn't.

[murphE]

Viva il Papa!

Ping

[Rippin]

J.K. presents a lot of good mythic conflicts to a contemporary audience. She accurately depicts the stupidity of post-modern liberalism.

Granted, she isn't a great writer and could use a copy editor but "See spot run" did a lot more to undermine the Christian soul in the west than Harry Potter. Rowling asks good questions even if she doens't know the answers. Stupidity is more the enemy of our society than is ambiguity.

[Pyro7480]

There seems to be some disagreement in Catholic circles over Harry Potter.

Vatican 'no problems' with Harry Potter (actually, it was the Secretary of the European Conference of Bishops who said, "I don't see any, any problems in the Harry Potter series," so consider the source.)

On the other hand, the chief exorcist of the Holy See, Fr. Gabriel Amorth, said in an article that "Behind Harry Potter hides the signature of the king of the darkness, the devil."