I have no idea how many Catholics can understand the questions at all, notably "Gaudium et spes" (Pleasure and Hope?) etc., but if my political instinct does not betray me, the questions are mainly aimed at conservative Catholics, in order to estimate the amount of conservative resistance to the Pope's own reform plans. Liberalizing the use of condoms seems to be on the agenda, following most other religious communities.

Gender equality will take longer, as it did/does in other churches. As for same-sex marriage, the discussion is still hot even in non-religious contexts such as the Socialist Party of France.

In fact churches face more serious problems than sexual ethics. Once this door is open, the Catholic clergy will be confronted with the same fresh wind as their heretic brethren have been before. I even have the strong feeling that most clergy of higher ranks have erroneous ideas about their own churches' faith altogether. A questionnaire for that purpose must look quite differently - social scientists already have a clue, notably including some theologians.