"Has Christianity become so narrow-minded? "
Yes. Paranoid and fearful too.
Do 'Harry Potter' books also cause priestly pedophilia? Or is the Pope going to continue the legacy of sweeping that little inconvenience under the rug by focusing on other harmless topics, like JK Rowling fantasy literature?
If you think that the sins of those who have betrayed the Church will prevent it from speaking out on issues which it considers to be important, then you're mistaken. If the Church takes its mission seriously, it will continue to offer guidance to those who voluntarily adhere to its belief system. As for being "narrow-mined", Christianity has always been narrow-mined. That's the way it's supposed to be and it's good. I use the term in the Scriptural sense, not the perjorative vernacular, which implies that the worst attribute a person could possibly acquire would be to become highly selective about following modern cultural trends and fads. Jesus said that the gate which leads to salvation is "narrow". So yes, we're narrow-minded.
This Pope has never swept anything under the rug. Nor will he.
As for Rowling's work, it is indeed a modern cultural fad. Yet another case of collective insanity which appears out of nowhere, then vanishes as quickly as it appears, leaving people to wonder why they ever took any interest in it to begin with but doing damage while it lasts. The best that can be said about it is that it's "fiction". I certainly don't subscribe to the notion that because a work is "fiction" it is therefore harmless to those who read it or view it. Nor does anyone with any intelligence, I don't believe.
Sorcery and witchcraft are not fantasy to a believing Catholic anymore than God is fantasy, though some may try to treat of these issues in a frivolous manner and portray them as harmless or even desirable. So the Pope is perfectly correct in expressing his reservations about these books. It's not done out of "fear"- except a fear that some maybe drawn to the occult through reading it- the Church has no fear of Harry Potter per se.
Finally, the Church has always warned of the dangers of entertainment which does not promote Christian values. It's part of its job description. The scoffers will continue to scoff but that's OK. Believe it or not, many people still look to the Church for guidance in these matters and appreciate it.
Oh, come on. This is a polite, two-sentence note Ratzinger dashed off two years ago to a lady who sent him a book. Ratzinger was not the Pope; there's no indication he read either the Harry Potter books OR Ms. Koby's book; and if he wanted to make an issue of it, he would have done so before more, and a good deal more effectively.
As for predatory gay priests: there are criminal prosecutions for those who slimed their vows and their vocations, and started going after the young stuff. I hope all those guilty of crimes will go to prison, and pronto. And that's not just wacko priests, but wacko Boy Scout leaders, wacko guidance counselors and wacko athletic coaches. OK? Let us pray.
You're not that bright, are you?