......there are still too many situations in which human beings are treated as objects whose conception, configuration and utility can be programmed, and who can then be discarded when no longer useful, due to weakness, illness or old age,” the Pope continued.
The "elderly and haggard" comment is a reference to Europe's love affair with contraception and abortion and its ageing, demographic population disaster.
Yes, A lot of this speech is very good. It’s just that he has a hint of socialism to fix the problems rather than true-from-the-heart charity as Christ demanded of his followers.