Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the USSR regarding the Millennium of Ukraine's Christianity, scheduled to be commemorated in 1988. In his letter, John Paul II underscored the importance of preserving the Union of Brest, by expressing his respect for the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic episcopate, clergy, and faithful who bore witness to injustice and persecution in the name of Christ and professed their faith in God and their Church. Simultaneously directing his address at the Soviet government, the pope invoked the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by appealing to the authorities to allow each believer to profess his/her own faith and to participate in the communal life of the
Religion in the United Kingdom or from the perspective of a criticism of organised religion. A significant example is Richard Dawkins' two-part Channel 4 documentary, "The Root of all Evil?". Open disbelief of, or even mockery of organised religion, is not regarded as a taboo in the British media, though it has occasionally provoked controversy – for example, the movie "Monty Python's Life of Brian", the poem "The Love That Dares to Speak Its Name", and the musical "", all of which involved characters based on Jesus, were subject to public outcry and blasphemy allegations, while "The Satanic Verses", a novel by British Indian author