I also want to clarify that I have never read a Harry Potter book and therefore am not in the place to say whether this specific decree has merit in my opinion. I just am impressed by the Pope's boldness and open defiance of the moral relativists. And in no way do I think (without having read them) that these books should be banned from libraries. Warnings are good, bans and censors are not.
I have read the books, seen the movies, and my youngest daughter is looking forward to going to Borders at midnight to get the next book in the series. The books are entertaining -- guess I am not into the mode of looking for hidden meanings and neither are my kids. We all like to read -- have two in college and one in the Navy who is married and all three of them enjoy reading various types of books as I do.
Personally getting tired of the thought police. Any child that can read these books as they are lengthy is old enough to understand they are FICTION.
Guess maybe there should have been a warning on Nancy Drew books when I grew up because they had some bad guys in them and I should have looked for a hidden meaning when growing up.
If you haven't guessed, I am less than impressed with this author's take.