Jesus didn't say 'Blessed are those who care for the poor.' He said 'Blessed are we where we are poor where we are broken.' It is there that God loves us deeply and pulls us into deeper communion with himself.
In their poverty the mentally handicapped reveal God to us and hold us close...
Discernment is God's call to intercession never to faultfinding.
I too hope in this short reign to be a man of peace.