NATALIE ALLEN, CNN ANCHOR: We are just moments away from the funeral Mass for New York Cardinal John J. O'Connor. We want to go now to CNN's Deborah Feyerick outside St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan. A very full cathedral there today, Deborah.</s>DEBORAH FEYERICK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Very full. There are some 3500 people inside, among them President Clinton and the first lady. They are joined by the vice president, as well as a number of other politicians. The procession into the cathedral took some 45 minutes, all the priests, the bishops, the archbishops, and well as the cardinals. The service now underway, you can here some of the prelude music, and then the processional hymn, followed by the greeting. This service expected to take about two hours. It is a celebrations of John Cardinal O'Connor's life. And among those speaking will be two of his very closest friends, Cardinal William Baum and Cardinal Law of Boston. Both men were at the death bed of John Cardinal O'Connor, when he died on Wednesday at the age of 80. So right now, the funeral underway, the celebration of the Mass. Reporting live, Deborah Feyerick, CNN, New York.</s>ALLEN: And as it is set to begin, we'll take a break, we'll bring you live coverage right after this.
3500 Gather at St. Patrick's Cathedral for Cardinal O'Connor's Funeral Mass