Central path Pope used to get over everything (4)
I believe the answer is:
atop
'to get over everything' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'central path pope' is the wordplay.
'central' means to look at the middle letters.
'pope' becomes 'op' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
The middle of 'path' is 'at'.
'at'+'op'='ATOP'
'used' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for atop that I've seen before include "On the highest point" , "in the gods?" , "in dominant position" , "At the apex" , "highest level" .)