It seems the Pope confuses fuzzy thought and mushy good will for the Gospel.
I think he seems VERY SELF-CENTERED. He strikes me as proud of his humility. He is the papal equivalent of one of those action movies where the hero just needs to want / believe / care enough, and then he will suddenly have the strength to win. Don’t want a war? Just say no - and ignore the problem of the other side also getting to make choices. Want to go to heaven? Just feel good about yourself, and God will follow YOUR conscience, not His own. We aren’t required to be changed into the likeness of God because we can just tell God to change into OUR likeness...
It is also possible to be "more gracious than God" by championing a salvation granted absent faith or repentance (or works, for that matter). God has NEVER promised to redeem those who reject Him. In fact He adamantly promises the contrary. But to we who are frail this is a hard teaching, and some cannot bear it.
I am deeply concerned that Francis I, like many Protestants before him, may have a foot in the latter trap. I wish no ill for this Pope or for his church. Rather, I hope I am wrong.