Vatican takes on Harry Potter
January 20, 2008
J.K. Rowlings bestseller series ‘Harry Potter’ has been severely condemned by the Vatican, which has branded the famous boy wizard “the wrong kind of hero”. The Vatican’s official newspaper L’Osservatore Romano has come out with a scathing article on the bestselling book, insisting that the novels pose a danger to children by promulgating occult and witchcraft. The article titled “The double face of Harry potter” asserts propaganda of witchcraft in positive light though it has its set of values and morals. According to the Vatican the books infuse violent manipulation of things and events with the knowledge of occult. The controversial article is penned by Edoardo Rialti, a professor of literature at Florence University. It even compares Harry Potter with two other great British children’s classics, the Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.
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