 He fed the poor and provided them with blankets and clothes and while visiting hospitals gave them medicine and provided them comfort in their suffering.In 1710 he opened a hospice for the poor of the area.Paoli received offers from both Pope Innocent XII and from Clement XI to be received into the cardinalate – once for 21 June 1700 – but the friar refused for he feared that he might not be able to spend as much time with the poor.