I think people who are critical of Pope Francis need to consider and reflect on the following things in their statements. 

(i)It just isn't an easy thing to go against the grain of 2000 years of teaching. Catholic Moral teaching on Gender, Sexuality and Reproductive have been entrenched into Catholic Dogma for over millenia. Even Pope John XXIII, the most liberal Pope in Catholic history held traditional views on this topic. 

(ii)While Pope Francis has faced critiques from liberals over his views on topics such as Gender and Sexuality, he has faced a backlash from many conservatives  over the same thing. Many conservative theologians have actually called for Amoris Laetitia to be redacted because of it's statements on the topic. 

(iii)The Pope himself I think would prefer not to speak about this topic at all. He wants his Papacy to be focused on economic justice, environmental justice, peace/nonviolence. The rancid nature of the western culture wars makes that difficult.