Emeritus Bishop Geoffrey Robinson addresses much of this in his book "Confronting Power And Sex In The Catholic Church" Subtitled "Reclaiming the Spirit of Jesus". (Liturgical Press 2007).
The book's publication was followed by criticism of it by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, part of which reads: "This (questioning of the Magisterium) leads in turn to the questioning of Catholic teaching on, among other things, the nature of Tradition, the inspiration of the Holy Scripture, the infallibility of the Councils and the Pope, the authority of the Creeds, the nature of the ministerial priesthood and central elements of the Church's moral teaching."
In other words questioning the status quo, which is the method by which humanity progresses, is not allowed.
Remember this was 2008 when Benedict XVI was calling the shots.

A good starter would be what you have mentioned, and also would be to bring the Church's understanding of human sexuality out of the 16th Century.