In an interview with Newsmax, TCA’s senior fellow Ashley McGuire responds to the question of what type of impact the installation of a new pope will have at the local church level. Ashley describes how local priests are the men driving vocations in their communities, but that “the pope certainly has an enormous effect and impact on the Church and the world.” She also shares how the Church seeks to meet people at the individual and local level, and in that regard is very decentralized.

Listen to Ashley’s full comments in the video interview below: