Is anyone really surprised by this?
Even if someone disagrees with the Pope on this they would have made sure there were either a statement of some sort in advance or that these people would be denied communion if they cared about the Church and the Pope.
Those are the only two alternatives. a) The rot in the Vatican hierarchy is so bad that they're working to publicly defame and embarrass this new Pope as soon as possible, and b) the new Pope is folding and directly contradicting himself the first time he's put to the test.
Which is not surprising when it's now obvious rather than suspect?