Quoting Cornel West is a disgrace to this website. John Paul II talked at length about the dangers of Communism, Socialism, and the Welfare State, all of which Cornel West stands for. He demonizes conservative minded people daily in the most disrespectful ways. You might as well quote Michael Moore, Stalin, or FDR if you’re going to head in that direction.

And to address the quote directly, love in public is not government intervention, but is charity like JPII said in Centesimus Annus, when he specifically said that government welfare kills charity by taking away our desire to love those around us.