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Did you read what I wrote in post 62?

In 2001, Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney, wrote on the Harry Potter series in his regular column in The Sunday Telegraph. In his columns, he praised the books for displaying values that are “deeply compatible with Christianity”. In his book Be Not Afraid, Pell praised the books as having a “good dose of moral truth” and for being “a good yarn.”
Along with that, In 2003, Father Peter Fleetwood, a priest incardinated in the Archdiocese of Liverpool at the time serving as an official of the Pontifical Council for Culture, made comments supportive of the novels during a press conference announcing the release of Jesus Christ the Bearer of the Water of Life—A Christian reflection on the “New Age”. In response to a question asking if the magic presented in the Harry Potter series should be considered in the same light as some New Age practices warned against in the document, Fleetwood stated, “If I have understood well the intentions of Harry Potter’s author, they help children to see the difference between good and evil. And she is very clear on this”. He added that Rowling is “Christian by conviction, is Christian in her mode of living, even in her way of writing” (THAT is the Vatican’s ruling on this)

For the Catholics the film adaptations, the Office for Film and Broadcasting of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has rated each film “A-II”, meaning the content is suitable for adults and adolescents and was not found to be morally offensive.

Where is the Vatican condemnation of this? Your author is uninformed and should NOT be more Catholic than the Vatican.