Pope Francis is the one who has brought up "gender theory" in the past without prompting.  You would think that he would focus on social justice and its impact on the family but he chose in Georgia to discuss how feminists and gay people are coordinating some "war on marriage" as well.  He also equated "gender theory" to nuclear war in a book interview with a friendly journalist without prompting.  This was in a book that was supposed to be about economics BTW.    

As for Pope Francis' other fixation, he has spent quite a bit of time whining about milennials not marrying.  As a single woman, I really resent this.  He doesn't know why I am unmarried but chooses to lecture me about it.  (And it is because of a dearth of decent men.)