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Pope Benedict believes the Harry Potter books subtly seduce young readers and "distort Christianity in the soul" before it can develop properly, according to comments attributed to him by German writer Gabriele Kuby.
Gabriele Kuby, who has written a book called "Harry Potter - Good or Evil," published extracts from two letters written to her by Benedict in 2003.
Kuby had sent Benedict a copy of her Potter critique and he wrote to thank her.
"It is good that you enlighten people about Harry Potter, because these are subtle seductions which act unnoticed and by this deeply distort Christianity in the soul, before it can grow properly," Benedict wrote, according to the excerpt.
The sixth book in the series, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," is due to be published on July 16, with millions of copies already shipped to stores around the world reports Reuters.
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