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IF you mean,

"It is good that you are throwing light on Harry Potter, because these are subtle seductions that work imperceptibly, and because of that deeply, and erode Christianity in the soul before it can even grow properly,"

Part of it. Generally, with things like that,I take it to be far more pertinent in the macro, I.E. in the general society, rather than at the individual level.

In a letter dated March 7, 2003 Cardinal Ratzinger thanked Kuby for her "instructive" book Harry Potter - gut oder böse (Harry Potter- good or evil?), in which Kuby says the Potter books corrupt the hearts of the young, preventing them from developing a properly ordered sense of good and evil, thus harming their relationship with God while that relationship is still in its infancy. "It is good, that you enlighten people about Harry Potter, because those are subtle seductions, which act unnoticed and by this deeply distort Christianity in the soul, before it can grow properly," wrote Cardinal Ratzinger. The letter also encouraged Kuby to send her book on Potter to the Vatican prelate who quipped about Potter during a press briefing which led to the false press about the Vatican support of Potter. At a Vatican press conference to present a study document on the New Age in April 2003, one of the presenters - Fr. Peter Fleedwood - made a positive comment on the Harry Potter books in response to a question from a reporter. Headlines such as "Pope Approves Potter" (Toronto Star), "Pope Sticks Up for Potter Books" (BBC), "Harry Potter Is Ok With The Pontiff" (Chicago Sun Times) and "Vatican: Harry Potter's OK with us" (CNN Asia) littered the mainstream media. In a second letter sent to Kuby on May 27, 2003, Cardinal Ratzinger "gladly" gave his permission to Kuby to make public "my judgement about Harry Potter."

like i said, i am not on an anti-Potter crusade, i bought it for xsteen. i just can see what the Pope means in those statements about it.

i have the same reaction to the Disney channel showing kids shows that glamorize and glorify the occult and witchcraft. Halloweentown for one, where a girl is from a family of witches etc. And there is one about a hockey team where the Devil is a player, i can't recall what the name of it is, but the kid playing the devil is Eric from Boy Meets World. All of these things serves to make witchcraft, occult stuff out to be mundane and harmless.

i recall vividly the sermon that our priest gave in church after the Exorcist was released, the concept has stuck with me for decades... that the devil's biggest coup is to have people NOT believe in him... That's what is going on today, they are de-mystifying the Devil, who is very present in today's society and culture. but they have made him HIP and HAPPENING and not at all threatening.