While conservative commentary on the Vatican Synod on the Family has suggested that the lobbying for change in Catholic teachings on homosexuality is likely the result of the decades of theological dissent that occurred since the Second Vatican Council in 1962, it is likely that this current battle over “modifying the language” describing homosexuality in the Catechism has more to do with sociology than theology.According to Vatican commentator, Robert Royal, a stray remark that Archbishop Chaput made revealed that “certain elements within the Vatican are pressing forward immediately” on the softening of the language surrounding homosexuality. But, he also added that “no amount of softened language is ever going to satisfy people whose basic objection is that the Catholic Church regards homosexuality to be, per se, as intrinsically disordered as the Catechism says.”

Source: Making Gay Okay at the Vatican Synod | Dr. Anne Hendershott