I don't know about "Vatican sources", but I do know that the US Conference of Catholic Bishops gave it their thumbs' up, and The Catholic League and others took them to task for it.
Oddly, at the time, I recall that the evangelicals were making it their cause. Odd that they would take it upon themselves to try to speak for the Catholics. Is this where the noise is coming from this time?
In regards to The Golden Compass, Southern Baptist Albert Mohler pointed out the book series' black-is-white invoking of The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, and the author's atheist beliefs. Mohler echoed similar points made by this Catholic article:
The Golden Compass begins with Lyra and her daemon (her talking soul in animal form) hiding in the wardrobe of a renowned Oxford scholar. Readers may recognize this parallel to Lucy’s discovery of Narnia in C.S. Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe....In regards to The Da Vinci Code, Protestants and evangelicals stood toe-to-toe with their Catholic brothers and sisters in protesting the book & movie's core arguments: first, that Jesus had fathered a child by Mary Magdalene, and second, that the Church was founded on a deception, it having altered/falsified the New Testament scriptures to support the Church's claim to apostolic succession against Jesus' own son.Pullman (the author) accuses God of being a liar. He denies Our Lord’s omnipotence and eternal presence, stating God was an angel created out of dust - the first angel, but a creation nevertheless - who then lied to the angels that follow, telling them that He was their creator. To ensure there is no confusion, Pullman references all of the names of Our Lord found in Holy Scripture. The series ends with Lyra and her friends attacking and overthrowing God’s kingdom.