Animals·Posted on Feb 28, 2013Meet The Pope's CatWell, as of this afternoon, the ex-pope's cat. Her name is Contessina, and Benedict's love of cats runs deep.by by Andrew KaczynskiBuzzFeed News Reporter, by Ellie HallBuzzFeed News ReporterLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail Benedict, now the Pope Emmeritus, authorized a biography about himself told from the perspective of a cat that lived across the street from him in Germany.