Mark Gilbert is the Sydneyanglicans.net correspondent at World Youth Day. This week, the Sydney Anglican minister shares his extraordinary story of what happened to him following the 1986 Papal visit to Sydney. Mark is also delivering regular blogs from the Roman Catholic Churchs World Youth Day.

Mary, Mary... Mary is an enigmatic figure indeed. In the New Testament she is present at defining moments of salvation history: at Jesus' conception, his birth, at the cross and at the pouring out of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.

I am sometimes asked by the church pastor for my opinion on how his church is going. It is an absurd question to ask of someone who does not know what is happening on the ground. However, here are some questions for pastors to ask of themselves if they want to measure their own church.

This month will see blanket media coverage of World Youth Day in Sydney as well as implications of the Global Anglican Future Conference in Jerusalem. Both events raise questions about what it means to be an 'Anglican Christian, and how this differs from being Roman Catholic. We asked our panel to answer five frequently asked questions about the difference between Catholics and Protestants, and if these still matter today.

After we bid an extremely emotional farewell to Sabeto Youth Camp, we embarked on a hair-raising bus trip to Suva (the bus driver fell asleep several times "“ while the bus was moving!). By Gods grace we all arrived in Suva safe and well, if two hours late. Yet another experience of Fiji Time!

A city-wide chalking campaign led by a Sydney Anglican minister aims to reach Roman Catholic pilgrims arriving in town for next weeks World Youth Day.

Did you know that you can earn the equivalent of a university degree over a few years just by listening to quality audiobooks and/or lectures on your daily commute?

Ten years after leaving the Catholic Church and 20 years after my last major Catholic Youth Day experience which God used to help lead me to Him, I find myself doing it all over again.