The black cat that one day takes up residence with him completely disrupts the Pope's life. He falls in love with her and enjoys that she, undoubtedly the most beautiful female creature in the Vatican, even shares the bed with him. There, she purrs to him more or less tenderly. Whatever she says - about mice and stars, tomcats and cats, as well as about God and the world - has meaning and weight. This does not go without effect. The Pope begins to change, watched with suspicion by those around him. And not just himself... "This Pope's cat will help combat the defeatism that is increasingly spreading within the Church unless reforms are implemented soon.".