His Holiness Pope Tawadros II will preside over prayers at the Christmas Mass in Saint Mark’s Cathedral in ‘Abbāsiyyah, Cairo, on Monday evening. According to the CBC satellite channel a representative of  Egypt’s President is scheduled to attend, in addition to a number of leaders of political parties, ambassadors from Arab and other foreign countries, and public figures (Na’īm Yūsif, al-‘Aqbāt Mutahidūn, Jan. 4).