Charlotte Church has criticised the Pope for his branding of the Harry Potter books as "evil".

The Voice of an Angel artist enjoys the Potter books and strongly disagrees with the views of new Pope Benedict XVI. Catholic Charlotte said: "I'm from a Catholic family. But I don't like this new Pope - he even wants to ban Harry Potter. He says it's because it's full of witchcraft and other bad stuff."

The new Pope's view contrast greatly with the late Pope John Paul's stance on the matter. John Paul had previously praised J.K Rowling for living her life like a Christian and helping children to understand the difference between right and wrong.

However, Pope Benedict XVI slams the books which center around a school of witchcraft and wizardry. Speaking about the books he said: "This is a subtle seduction, which has deeply unnoticed and direct effects in undermining the soul of Christianity before it can really grow properly."

Charlotte disagrees: "If he bothered to sit down and read it, he'd understand the morals of it."