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Already a blockbuster, the latest Harry Potter book got an expected boost from Pope Benedict XVI who, it turns out, once branded the series a threat to the souls of susceptible Christian youths. Nothing like a dash of controversy to add spice and sales appeal to a novel already hotter than a...

Wizards, witches, and muggles are waiting for the release of the sixth Harry Potter book, but according to a German writer, Pope Benedict XVI is concerned that the novels "distort Christianity."...

Pope Benedict believes the Harry Potter books subtly seduce young readers and "distort Christianity in the soul" before it can develop properly, according to comments attributed to him by a German writer...

In a letter sent two years before becoming pope, Benedict XVI expressed concern that the Harry Potter books "erode Christianity ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Christianity/SIG=12asmaaha/*http%3A//www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-07-14-pope-potter_x.htm?csp=34

Pope Benedict XVI expressed concern that the Harry Potter books "erode Christianity in the soul"; of young people in a letter two years ago, a German writer says. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Christianity/SIG=11vf1odb6/*http%3A//www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1431139,00110001.htm

BERLIN—In a letter sent two years before becoming pope, Benedict XVI expressed concern that the Harry Potter books “erode Christianity in the soul†of young people, a German writer says. The comments came in an exchange of letters between then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger and Gabriele Kuby, a...