I doubt it is limited to this pope. I can't count how many times people have told me that Pius XII "accepted evolution as true". Or that Vatican II "accepts all religions as being equally valid" etc.
Francis has the “problem” every single time.
There is no misinterpretation of his stand on “global climate change” and his statements regarding gun manufacturers and the rail lines to WW2 concentration camps are not misinterpreted.
He’s contradicting himself and talking off the cuff, without thinking things through. He is not a person who takes thought seriously. He emotes.