"Pope Benedict gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to charity and held dinners for and with the poor. There may have been other works of charity equally unreported. "

If they were unreported, then how did you know about them?

Your comment only makes sense if previous popes did not have a press office. L'Osservatore Romano was founded in 1861, and was preceded by another newspaper, Giornale di Roma (I am unable to find out when it was founded). The Vatican has had not just a press office, but a newspaper for over a century and a half.

Yes, there is a lay journalist in charge of the press office, who succeeded a Jesuit. Federico Lombardi, SJ. Father Lombardi was preceded by Joaquin Navarro Valls, a lay journalist, who was installed by John Paul the Much Reported On.

No, you just want to slam Pope Francis.