Is my take on this correct? The current Pope has a heart for the poor and wishes to see the Catholic Church help the poor. But he also understand the problems inherent in enforcing this vision through the hand of government. He may even believe that government is usually instrumental in oppressing the poor and that justice for the poor may involve economic liberty.
I have yet to hear him say that the solution to poverty is government spending.
Maybe it is wishful thinking but I hear a Pope who thinks it is our god given duty as Christian individuals and as a Christian church to help the poor. He does not seem to put his faith in the hands of government.
In most countries the government collects a tax for the Catholic Church from all Catholics in that country.
He is just looking to do it worldwide
Now people complain about taxes and government control but spout utter garbage whenever the Catholic Church says Catholics should get back to what they were doing when Christian charity helped keep government in check. It's not just the Catholic Church, either, any church that would start to advocate the sort of network the YMCA/YWCA once was would be similarly attacked.
Obviously people who want to attack Christians are going to attack them no matter what they do. Especially the folks who blather about "liquidate everything they have" who like the idea of there being no infrastructure for Christians to use in doing what Christ tells us to do.