translate English to French: Addressing the whole Church in his Apostolic Letter Novo Millennio Ineunte , my venerable predecessor Pope John Paul II, stated that an "important area in which there has to be commitment and planning on the part of the universal Church and the particular Churches [is] the domain of communion (koinonia), which embodies and reveals the very essence of the mystery of the Church. Communion is the fruit and demonstration of that love which springs from the heart of the Eternal Father and is poured out upon us through the Spirit whom Jesus gives us (cf.
Toute l'Église qui est en Chine est appelée à vivre et à manifester cette unité dans une spiritualité de communion plus riche, qui, tenant compte des situations concrètes complexes où la communauté catholique se trouve, croîtra aussi dans une communion hiérarchique harmonieuse.