Dome caps cathedral under construction

>>> IT WAS EASY TO MISS IT

UNTIL TODAY.

HERE IS A LIVE LOOK AT THE

BUILDING IT'S NEW COPPER DOME.

WHAT A SIGHT THAT IS.

EXPECT PHOTOGRAPH TICK SLOW

DOWN IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS

PEOPLE GET THEIR FIRST LOOK.

>> HE HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE

PROCESS ALL DAY FROM OUR TOWER

CAMR.

TAKE A LOOK.

THIS IS TIME L APS E. AMAZING.

IT TOOK 32 MINUTES FOR THIS

PART OF WHAT HAPPENED TODAY.

LIFTING 160-TONS.

65 FEET TALL.

THE DOMES IT.

THREE THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.

THEY DID IT IN 32 MINUTES.

HOW DID THAT HE DO DID IN

MEDIEVAL TIMES IN WE ARE --

>>>

>> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT.

THE MOVE.

WAS FANTASTIC.

THIS CLEARLY MARKED A NEW DAY

FOR THE CHURCHES OF RALEIGH.

THE MORNING WAS BEAUTIFUL.

THE TIMING PERFECT.

NOT LONG AFTER THE SUN ROCKETED

TO THE RALEIGH SKY THE DOME

LIFTED OFF AS WELL.

>> THERE IT GOES.

IT'S UP -- HOW MANY FEET?

THREE FEET OFF THE SUPPORTS IN

>> GOING TO GET IT UP PRETTY

QUICK.

>> IT'S A ONCE IN A LIFETIME.

>> ITS GOING FASTER THAN I

EXPECTED .

>> JUST WONDERFUL TO SEE THIS

CATHEDRAL ON A HILL RISE OUT OF

THE GROUND.

>> Reporter: 91-YEAR-OLD JULIE

HAS WAITED A LIFETIME TO SEE

IT.

>> IT ITS A GREAT ENGINEERING

FEAT.

IT'S VERY MUCH A RELIGIOUS,

HOLY EXPERIENCE FOR ME.

>> Reporter: 160-TONS FLYING

THROUGH THE AIR.

>> I THINK IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

>> Reporter: A MARVEL INSPIRED

BY THE HEAVENS IT'LL TOUCH.

THIS IS A GREAT DAY.

IT'S -- HOW OFTEN IN OUR LIVES

ARE WE PART OF HISTORY?

>> PRETTY AMAZING THAT -- IT

CAN MOVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT SO

PRECISELY.

>> Reporter: ENGINEERING WISE

IT'S AMAZING TO WATCH SOMETHING

LIKE THIS.

KATHY HAS BEEN WATCHING THIS

FOR QUITE SOME TIME

>> I'M CATHOLIC IT'S MY

PARISH.

I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO

SEEING.

WE STOPPED BY ON THE WAY HOME

FROM CHURCH EVERY WEEK TO

WATCH.

>> Reporter:.

THE CATHOLIC FAITH IS

CONTINUING TO GROW IN THIS

AREA.

NEW SPACE IS NEEDED.

>> ENOUGH SPACE TO ACCOMMODATE

ALL THE WORSHIPERS.

>> Reporter: IT TOOK JUST 32

MINUTES TO PUT THE DOME IN

PLACE.

A PLACE THAT'S DESIGNED TO SIT

FOR AT LEAST THREE HUNDRED

YEARS.

>> IN LATIN THE WORD DOME

MEANS -- COMES THE WORD FOR

HOME.

THIS IS THE POWERFUL REMINDER

THAT THIS IS THE HOME, IT'S THE

MOTHER CHURCH FOR ALL THE

FAITHFUL.

FAITHFUL IN RALEIGH.

>> Reporter: THERE IS STILL A

CROSS TO PUT ON TOP OF THE DOME

AS WELL AS BELLS TO PUTIN SIDE.

AS FOR THE C ATHEDRAL IT'S

EXPECTED TO OPEN IN THE FALL OF

2017.

>> LIVE IN RALEIGH.

JUST -- VERY CLOSE TO THIS

TELEVISION STATION.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT RELIDGE

YOU ARE IF ANY, SEE THAT SIGHT

IS SUCH A WELCOMED ADDITION

IT'S VERY CALMING FOR US JUST

DRIVING BY AND SEEING THIS

BEING BUILT.

NOW SEE THAT DOME GO UP

>> AND FROM TWO DIFFERENT

ANGLES . FROM UP TOP OR DOWN

BELOW.

>> YESTERDAY.

YOU CAN SEE THE STRUCTURE OF

THE CHURCHES IT IN PLACE FROM

THERE WITHOUT THE DOME.

>> SO MANY STRUCTURES ALL OVER

THE WORLD.

YOU THINK OF SAINT PATRICK'S IN

NEW YORK.

REGARDLESS OF YOUR RELIGION IF

ANY.

THEY ARE GREAT PLACES TO SEE

AND EXPERIENCE.