Father Makarios Gawīsh, the pastor of the Virgin Mary Coptic Catholic Church in Dakahlia, has cancelled the Christmas mass. A number of security personnel were located in front of the church which is close to the security department in Dakahlia. The police officer in front of the church stated that they are executing a security plan to secure the churches during Christmas (Haitham Radwān, al-Shurūq, Dec. 26, p. 5). Read original text in Arabic.