A two-day conclave has come to an end with the election of Pope Leo XIV, successor to Pope Francis and the first American Pope. On May 8, white smoke rose from the Vatican’s makeshift chimney as millions...

Pope Francis’ Legacy At 88 years old, Pope Francis has been placed in critical condition after being diagnosed with pneumonia in his lungs. Francis, who has been pope since 2013, has faced multiple...

I was a shy freshman eager to build a sense of community. During high school, I attended church on both Wednesdays and Sundays, occasionally leading lessons for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes club in my high school gymnasium. I talked about how I coped with anxiety and learned to become more comfortable in my own body—practical sentiments that helped me trudge through the living hell that is high school itself. But the type of Christianity that I would soon encounter in Wilmington was a bit more intense. In the fall of 2019, I joined an organization that would change the course of my life entirely—one that furthered the doubts about my Christian faith that I had been suppressing for quite some time, far longer than I ever wanted to admit.

Editor’s Note: Ava Hicks is a senior at UNCW studying Communications with a minor in Journalism. Ava also serves as a staff writer for The Seahawk and a regular columnist for Gospel Gab. The opinions...