Resolved: the pastoral versus the doctrinal

Given the very interesting response to my colleagues remarkable short post on perfect versus imperfect contrition, I wanted to steal his format to ask a question that I have chewed on from time to time.  It seems to me that many of the disagreements in the Church today can be framed as fights over whether the Church should be more “pastoral” (reflecting divine Love and Mercy) or more “doctrinal”(reflecting divine Justice and Righteousness).    I am not happy with the terminology “pastoral” and “doctrinal” (especially the latter) but I hope that my sense is clear.

Resolved:  if the Church errs, it should err on the side of being more pastoral rather than on the side of being more doctrinal.

Please discuss.