A long article in the Vatican's official newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, ran the headline: "The double face of Harry Potter" it said it was "wrong to compare Rowling's books with the other childrens greats such as Lord of the Rings and the Chronicles of Narnia."
The attack comes after the Potter series was also slammed by Pope Benedict XVI who said the seven books contained "subtle seductions that undermined children's religious development by blurring the line between good and evil."
Nice one there, Benedict!