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:''The Vatican has announced that the trading-card and computer-game versions of Pokémon are “full of inventive imagination,” have no “harmful moral side effects” and celebrate “ties of intense friendship.” Whether that extends to the TV show, His Holiness didn’t say. The New York Post, quoting a Thursday story in The Times of London, says The Vatican made its announcement on its satellite TV station, Sat2000, run by the Italian Bishops’ Conference.'' - from the New York Times
:''The Vatican has announced that the trading-card and computer-game versions of Pokémon are “full of inventive imagination,” have no “harmful moral side effects” and celebrate “ties of intense friendship.” Whether that extends to the TV show, His Holiness didn’t say. The New York Post, quoting a Thursday story in The Times of London, says The Vatican made its announcement on its satellite TV station, Sat2000, run by the Italian Bishops’ Conference.'' - from the New York Times
==Controversy==
Pokémon has drawn some criticism from family groups, who claim that its portrayals of [[psychic]] powers and [[homosexuality]] are a negative influence on children. In addition, the franchise depicts children as young as eight traveling around the country with little to no adult supervision, perhaps leading to an increased number of [[runaways]].
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