That balance does require some degree of flexibility but also some degree of in-person interaction.

But there is some work-in particular, coaching, mentoring, some of the creative interactions that happen together-that does require people to be together somewhat regularly.

Individual contributor work and going through your emails doesn’t require you to be in the office. We’re recognizing that some work can absolutely be done anywhere. What do your clients think is at stake as they grapple with the challenge of bringing people back to the office?īryan Hancock: They’re seeing two things at stake: one, they’re trying to figure out “How do I get the people I need to execute on the mission?” And two, as they’re coming up with the strategy, they’re trying to figure out “OK, am I going to lose somebody if I have too stringent a policy?” Or on the flip side “Can I attract somebody if I open up my availability for talent anywhere in the country?” Lucia Rahilly: Bryan, you’re talking to business leaders every day. But that’s new all around, to go back to something that they didn’t really like prior to COVID-19. And because it wasn’t that great to be in the office before, we find ourselves at this impasse where employers feel they have to order folks in.

Almost anyone I ever talked to, any client I ever served, wanted one or two days’ more flexibility than they officially had. It’s important to go back to the pre-COVID-19 times and understand that we weren’t in the office 100 percent of the time. “For this to happen, it is necessary there be, including on an academic level, theological reflection that is truly attentive to the wounds of humanity.Phil Kirschner: Generally speaking, they’re not. Today the family can play an important role in the “pastoral conversion of our communities and the missionary transformation of the church,” he said. Greater reflection and dialogue are needed across different academic and theological fields to help support families and truly address “wounds of humanity,” he said. The pope said this approach “helps us move forward taking risks, but in obedience. The saint taught that there are factors, such as ignorance, that might diminish the culpability of an objectively sinful act. “Amoris Laetitia,” he said, is an example of the living doctrine of St. The pope said casuistry was “the foodstuff” of his and his generation’s studies in moral theology, and even though it is now outdated, this “decadent Thomism” can still be resurrected and disguised with proposals of what one can or cannot do. One example, he said, of returning to the past in the field of moral theology is with “casuistry,” that is, the practice of setting general laws on the basis of a few exceptional cases or using a form of reasoning that is legalistic and stripped of God’s love and mercy. There are “many” people who are part of the church “who crop up like mushrooms, here, there, over there, and they present themselves as a proposal of Christian life,” he said. He said there is a risk right now, which “does so much harm to the church,” of wanting to “‘turn back,’ either out of fear or because of a lack of ingenuity or a lack of courage.” The conference, May 11-14, focused on “Pastoral practices, life experience and moral theology: ‘Amoris Laetitia’ between new opportunities and new paths” as part of a deeper exploration of Pope Francis’ 2016 exhortation on the family and how the document can help guide the church’s pastoral practice. The pope spoke May 13 to people taking part in an international conference on moral theology sponsored by Rome’s Pontifical Gregorian University and the Pontifical John Paul II Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences. “But to go in reverse is to go back in order to have a form of defense, a safety measure that saves us from the risk of going forward, the Christian risk of carrying the faith, the Christian risk of journeying with Jesus Christ.” Looking back to find inspiration is good because “without roots we cannot progress,” he said. There is a difference between wanting to go back in time and drawing inspiration from one’s roots in order to move forward with Christ, he said. VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Wanting to go back to the way things were in the past is not Christian, Pope Francis said.

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