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They sat quietly in the dim lights, heads bowed, with tormented expressions etched on their faces as they processed last week’s shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, and as they prayed for Connecticut’s grieving families.

About 20 people attended a prayer service at The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist on Wednesday

The Spokane Islamic Center invites the community to celebrate the end of Ramadan with them on Sunday. An Eid-ul-Fitr prayer will be held at 10 a.m. and will be followed with a community potluck.

Earlier this month the Wall Street Journal published, "What Ails the Episcopalians," an article about the recent triennial General Convention of the Episcopal Church.

The author, Jay Akasie, wrote The Episcopal Church voted on minor things, like pet funerals, while ignoring the bigger issues — like the shrinking membership.