Catholic Church Endorses Harry Potter

'''VATICAN CITY'''—At a recent press conference, Catholic priest Peter Fleetwood was asked whether the magic embraced by fictional world Harry Potter and the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was a problem for members of the Catholic Church. Some religious groups have condemned the Harry Potter series for glamorizing the occult. Responding that &ldquo;Harry Potter does not represent a problem,&rdquo; Mr. Fleetwood, of the secretariat of the Council of European Episcopal Conferences, also said that &ldquo;In each one&rsquo;s childhood there have been fairy godmothers, magicians, angels and witches, which are not bad things but a help for children to understand the conflict between good and evil.&rdquo; Mr. Fleetwood believed that the author of the Harry Potter series &ldquo;is a Christian, perhaps not in the sense that every bishop would like, but she lives like a Christian and writes as such.&rdquo; Among those attending the press conference were Cardinal Paul Poupard, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, and Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. Source: <em>The Akron Beacon Journal</em> [[Category:Church]] [[Category:Cults]]