“...simple people who interpret the bible literally...”
Only up to a point: the most important passages are conveniently “symbolic”:
John 6:52. Metaphor? No: see 6:67
On topic: This pope is out of control, a marxist plant. Popes are fallible men. The magisterium’s purpose is to protect authentic catholic doctrine, and this Pope is a fail. However, he has not spoken ex cathedra so the Church’s correct doctrines will survive beyond him, as the bible says - the gates of hell shall not prevail.
It could not be meant literally. Jesus was physically present, in His body, both before and after His death and resurrection, and could have given people from His literal flesh and blood to eat and drink, and He didn’t. That would have been the literal meaning.