Amid the doctrinal ferment prompted by the Synod on the Family (2014-2015) and continuing synodal and pastoral efforts to foster a more inclusive and participative Church, this paper focuses on persistent status inequalities within Catholicism. The goal is to probe how emergent calls for a new theology of inclusion, as articulated by Cardinal Robert McElroy, for example, can advance meaningful changes in everyday lived Catholicism. Focusing on the issue-specific, multi-layered complexities of (i) sexual behavior and (ii) women's ordination, I will highlight how the Church's understanding and deployment of natural law contributes to reproducing sexual and gender inequalities. Given church officials' own explicit recognition of the communicative weakness of natural law in contemporary society, the paper concludes by asking whether a contextual theology of inclusion can be developed that is independent of natural law and, if so, what might this mean for Catholicism going forward.