Pope warns of spiritual desertification

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Arguably the Catholic Church just doesn't get it. The Vatican has concluded that those who have left the Church have abandoned their relationship with God. Organized religions like the Roman Catholic Church assume that it is only through them that a spiritual relationship with God can exist.

Thus the Vatican has called for "the 'new evangelization' of the developed world and it has asked Catholics, particularly those who have left the Church, to look deep into their hearts and either rekindle their relationship with God or deepen it."  [Pope warns lapsed Catholics of spiritual desertification].
But instead of a "new evangelization,"  the Church needs a healthy dose of introspection. "The Church is suffering desertions from its practicing flock in former strongholds in Europe, North America and Latin America due to sex abuse scandals, increasing secularism, rival faiths and open dissent against Church teachings on homosexuality and its ban on a female priesthood."  [Pope warns lapsed Catholics of spiritual desertification].
The "new evangelization" call makes a significant distinction by the use of  "developed world." It is the developed world that is educated. It is where self-determination, self-perfection and self-realization can exist. In a sense the 'developed world' is only where the opportunity and ability to exercise free will exists.
Interesting is that the Catholic Church supports the concept of free will, but only within the parameters it sets forth. [See Free Will; see too Free Will]. That is, it is the Church that tells you how to exercise your will. They would say it is guidance, but it isn't when the exercise of free will contrary to church teachings is punished.
It is about the money, not one's spiritual well-being.
The Catholic Church is an organization that is feeling the pain of loss of revenue. The straying Catholics is costing them the Sunday tithes. See this story about the Church in Germany - German Catholics' Path To Heaven Comes With Taxes.

". . . Archbishop Robert Zollitsch, the president of the German bishops' conference, said that not paying taxes for the church is a grave offense, and that sacraments will be banned for those who distance themselves from the church."

In Germany, "the state collects a special levy from tax-registered believers and hands it over to three organized faiths. Registered Catholics, Protestants and Jews pay a surcharge of up to 9 percent on their income. The Catholic Church alone received some $6.5 billion in 2011."
Oh yes - it's about the money. Your soul be damned.