I suppose so.
I would tend to think it also depends upon the type of company you keep as much as the opposition that you encounter.
And in the Christian tradition, many people try to follow Jesus's example from the Gospels by keeping company with the poor, the hungry, the downtrodden, the vulnerable, and the outcast. It seems like this is where Francis's position on several issues is coming from.
Right now in the US, who is more poor, hungry, downtrodden, vulnerable, and outcast than a prisoner in an ICE concentration camp? Worldwide, who is more vulnerable and literally outcast than a refugee from climate change-driven war or someone whose islans home is about to disappear by sea level rise?
I think that Francis has a long way to go; he's still the head of a church that owns its own bank and has a seat at the UN, so it still rubs shoulders with the rich and powerful a lot. Still, I see what Francis is doing as a step in the right direction.