It's a learned skill. There's no reason why the bishops can't put heavier emphasis on it. It advocates private initiatives, including those led by the church. The advantage of letting private charities handle the problem is that they have a stronger interest in solving it. This attitude encourages the bureaucrats to hold onto their clients and to regard them not as people to help, but as peasants in their empires.
More peasants mean more power.
The proof that a dynamic like this exists is shown in studies comparing private and government programs to remove people from welfare. Finally, the bishops need to take a more positive attitude. There's another case to be made. The poor and the young aren't as stupid as the bishops seem to think. They'll go where the money is and won't go where it isn't.