[Corin Stormhands]

Here's another article that suggests there's not as much to the Pope's objections as the torch and pitchfork crowd would like us to believe.

IOW, if you look at the facts:

1) the Pope (when he was still Cardinal Ratzinger) apparently did not read the books, but simply sent a polite letter to Kuby that essentially said we must be careful what we let children read.

2) Monsignor Fleetwood sent a four page letter to Kuby telling her where she was off base.

3) And this is the most important: The Pope and his secretary on on vacation. The Vatican has said it will not comment.

[maryz]

Thanks for that link.

Msgr. Fleetwood told Catholic News Service July 14 that he received a copy of the book in 2003 and wrote Kuby a four-page letter explaining where he thought she may have misunderstood or read too much into the books. He said he never heard back from her.

[NewCenturions]

" a former Vatican official said Harry Potter books must be read as children's literature, not theology"

That says it pretty clearly