What are the benefits of having a Pope?

Answer 1

There is one central leadership that makes certain that all in the Church follow the same teachings and do not branch off into heretical or incorrect teachings. This is a real benefit not enjoyed by other sects, such as the Anglican Church, where there is so much division over married priests, homosexuality, ordaining women or gays. In the Catholic Church there may be some who disagree with the pope's rulings, at least all are on the same page. The above statement was related to me by an Anglican priest who felt so frustrated because of these very issues and no one to clarify the situation.

Answer 2

The benefits of having a Pope is that you know that you are in the only Church actually founded by Our Blessed Lord and Savior, who established His Church on the Apostle Peter, and his successors (A.K.A. the “popes”), in Matthew 16:17-19. Since Our Blessed Lord only established one Church, which He called “MY Church” and guaranteed that Church until the end of the world, the obvious advantage to the Pope is being able to pick out what “church” is actually the one that He established.