"I worry about his rhetoric," said the cardinal in response to the question by a reporter during an interview with Raidio Teilifis Eireann. "It's very easy to stir up resentment and to blame groups of people."

"The service was wonderful, a reminder that we are all people of God," Janet Mills, a Methodist laywoman, said. "I loved the experience. I loved the singing, especially 'Amazing Grace' and 'God Bless America.'"

"Be we Christians, Muslims, anything, we have to be together," one resident said.

"We're determined to assure maximum security for all," a police spokesman said.

The government is seeking public comments on how to comply with moral objections to contraceptive coverage.

"My mother gave me the greatest gift a mother can give a child. She gave me the gift of my Catholic faith," Piazza said.