Soon Lance was conducting Sunday worship services for a small group of poor Latinos at the diocesan headquarters.

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Worship services continued as scheduled Saturday and Sunday with Warren's brother-in-law Tom Holladay -- an assistant pastor for the Orange County, California, congregation -- filling in for Warren.

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But in recent years, the American perspective on religion has changed in a way that often favors private worship over organized religious services.

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He attended services at the Old-New Synagogue, the oldest surviving Jewish house of worship in Europe.

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Boston's historic Trinity Church could not host services Sunday because it was within the crime scene, but the congregation was invited to worship at the Temple Israel synagogue instead.

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