Despite the massive coverage for this off the cuff remark, the world media scarcely gave any coverage to a more official statement from Rome on the Potter series. In early December 2001, Rome's official exorcist, Fr. Gabriele Amorth, warned parents against the Harry Potter book series. The priest, who is also the president of the International Association of Exorcists, said Satan is behind the works. In an interview with the Italian ANSA news agency, Rev. Amorth said "Behind Harry Potter hides the signature of the king of the darkness, the devil."
The exorcist, with his decades of experience in directly combating evil, explained that J.K. Rowling's books contain innumerable positive references to magic, "the satanic art". He noted that the books attempt to make a false distinction between black and white magic, when in fact, the distinction "does not exist, because magic is always a turn to the devil." Rev. Amorth also criticized the disordered morality presented in Rowling's works, noting that they suggest that rules can be contravened and lying is justified when they work to one's benefit.
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2003/feb/03020703.html
Pope .. step away from the holy crack pipe ..
Is the victorious Resurrection of Christ over death and the devil what realizes human Salvation, making a worshiper a newly created member of Christ, ontologically sharing His uncreated Life? Or does Salvation simply come from a juridical and propitiatory Crucifixion of Christ?
07-13-2005
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