The result is a lot of the Right going bonkers and a lot on the Left going, "Wow, I like this guy," both thinking there's something radical going on, policy-wise, without realizing that on some level it's more about style and emphasis than any actual change.
The interesting thing to me is less the folks who are missing that the Pope isn't saying that abortion and gay marriage are all right by the Church, and more the folks getting all in a tizzy because Francis is suggesting out loud (per Catholic teaching) there's a moral component to the economy, which is the last thing that those people want to hear.
Would Someone Just Shut That Pope Up?
The pontiff is no Marxist—he’s a Catholic who knows how economics shapes culture.
Didn't he say "Who am I to judge gays?"? That sounds like a significant shift, although without context I perhaps shouldn't form such conclusions.
His interview in America (http://www.americamagazine.org/pope-interview) has more of this.