I wasn’t talking about money itself, either (other than the fact that our parish takes official collections for St. Vincent de Paul so that might mean the motu proprio applies to them). I do not view charity as a consequence of religion. Perhaps you use words differently than I do. Perhaps the word “charity” to you usually signifies money spent on certain things. That is not how I typically use it. Perhaps “religion” to you means only thinking and not acting. I don’t know. I surely know that words can tangle a discussion and that “religion” is one of them, so I’m sorry I used the word, but I’ll explain a little since I already made a muddle:
The government has the force to interfere with charitable behaviors, many of which do not involve money. In my opinion if it does that, it is stepping on the toes of religion, among other toes. A charitable behavior might be to instruct the ignorant. Another might be to clothe the naked.
Someone mentioned scripture, so perhaps that could help:
James 1:27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
