This seems like the Pope is suggesting yet again that private charity is better than government redistribution. I believe that he and JPII have each made more than 10 statements related to this over the decades.
I believe that government redistribution is the path to a godless society.
Many less than “rich”, currently sponsor families around the world.
This isn’t new.
One would hope that's what he meant. Being human, Popes can also be fallible - not long back we had one embracing the "green" theory to "save the planet". One would think that one in such a position would not worry about such worldly things - God has said how it will end and it won't be because Man has destroyed the planet (although eventual nukes may cause some issues as we head into the final times)...
Indeed, government “charity” is the paving of the path, the actual drinking of the Kool Aid. Everyone commits or is commited to suicide in a “community organized” fashion.