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Increasingly wild about Harry

Francis X. Rocca

Much ado in the press today about a favorable review of the latest Harry Potter film in the Vatican’s official newspaper — notwithstanding Pope Benedict’s well-known reservations about the J. K. Rowling series.

But as RNS readers know, L’Osservatore Romano had already published praise for the Potter franchise (albeit alongside another article alleging a darker side) as long ago as January 2008.

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