Pope Benedict XVI concerned by Harry Potter series

Pope Benedict XVI

"It is good that you enlighten people about Harry Potter, because these are subtle seductions which act unnoticed, and by this deeply destroy Christianity in the soul, before it can grow properly."

-- Pope Benedict XVI, in a 2003 letter to a German author while he was still known as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, on the alleged dangers of the Harry Potter children's book series. He was quoted by Reuters.