My general view point is that I disagree with the Pope's views on Gender and Sexuality, but I "understand" where he's coming from. From his perspective as an Argentine cleric and the first leader from the global south he sees the changes in our attitudes on Gender and Sexuality as a Western ideological construct which is why he uses the phrase "ideological colonialism" a lot. I know as someone from the Caribbean that my family says the same thing a lot of the time. 

I would say in response to that that Pope Francis has to understand that it is people's lived experiences. Not just a construct. And also homophobia is itself a legacy of Western imperialism in the Third World. My other thoughts though would be that it is good that he speaks about "accompanying people in the LGBTQ community and not condemning them.