Jul 14, 2005 12:57
CANCEL HIS PRE-ORDER, THEN: Apparently Pope Benedict is not a Harry Potter fan. In Gabriele Kuby's new book, Harry Potter - Good or Evil, she publishes excerpts from letters to her from the future pontiff in which he blasts J.K. Rowling's spellbinding best-sellers for "subtle seductions" that "distort Christianity in the soul." Hmm. The guy's entitled to his opinion. However...
THE DEVIL MADE HIM DO IT?: A 9-year-old New Yorker who bought a copy of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince that was accidentally put on sale before its July 16 publication date agreed to give it back. Now I ask you: What could be more Christian than that? By doing so, the kid missed out on a rare opportunity to fund his entire college education with a single eBay sale.
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