"Off you go," is something one might say to someone embarking on a quest.
The Argentine bishops asked the Pope if their interpretation of AL, that in certain circumstances the divorced and remarried could be admitted to Communion, was the correct one. Francis replied that it was and there was no other interpretation.
St John Paul in Familiaris Consortio said that under no circumstances unless an annulment was obtained, could the divorced and remarried be admitted to the Sacraments.
In view of this I cannot understand how you can say that Francis did not contradict St John Paul.