Eddy Ben Youssef, a multi

Eddy Ben Youssef is a French actor and humorist born May 16, 1965 in Paris.

He is known for his roles in the television series “Plus belle la vie” and “Camping Paradis”.

He has also acted in the cinema in several films including “Les Bronzés 3”, “Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra” or “Le Boulet”. We’ll take a closer look.

Eddy Ben Youssef: a multi-talented Franco-Algerian priest

Eddy Ben Youssef is a Franco-Algerian priest who was entrusted with the parish of Notre Dame de Lourdes in Villefranche-sur-Saône. At only 23 years old, he has already accomplished extraordinary and impressive things for his young age. It was in his church that he received the sacrament of ordination in 2004, after having followed a year of training at the Saint Irénée Seminary in Lyon for 2 years.

He was ordained deacon in 2005 and priest in 2008. Since January 2010, he has been parish priest of Notre Dame de Lourdes in Villefranche-sur-Saône, one of the largest in the Rhône diocese (2,500 inhabitants). Eddy Ben Youssef therefore has an important pastoral responsibility: he must watch over the Catholic faithful and lead a team of about twenty people, including five priests.

He also takes care of the catechism of children and adolescents, especially those who have just arrived in the town where there are many Algerians who have come to work in the surrounding factories or to join their families residing in Villefranche-sur- Saone. In addition to his pastoral ministry, Eddy Ben Youssef gives private lessons at the Center National Privé (CNPR) where he notably teaches scientific subjects such as physics, chemistry and French, but also literary subjects such as general history and English. But Eddy Ben Youssef does not have only his religious faith for passion! He loves to play football when he has it

The work of Eddy Ben Youssef, an atypical clergyman

Eddy Ben Youssef is a Swiss intellectual and politician, born on August 26, 1926 in Geneva.

He was State Councilor of the Canton of Geneva and President of the Swiss Confederation between 1982 and 1987. Eddy Ben Youssef is a personality who has marked the political history of Switzerland by his atypical style, his way of being, his positions or his positions.

He was elected to the National Council in 1971 and then to the Council of States in 1986. In 1993, he became secretary general of the Geneva Radical Democratic Party (PRD) while remaining a member of the Democratic Center Union (UDC). As a member of the Federal Council, he is responsible in particular for legal and social issues as well as for external relations.

He left this position to devote himself to public life in Geneva before being reinducted as minister in 1998. In the 1970s and 80s, Eddy Ben Youssef participates in several court cases concerning the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas1.

He then became one of the main opponents of the bilateral agreements between Switzerland and Israel2. These agreements aim not only to facilitate the cross-border transit of cultural property but also to promote cooperation between the Israeli and Swiss judicial authorities in various fields.3 Eddy Ben Youssef was also a close collaborator of Valery Giscard d’Estaing who was then French President.

Eddy Ben Youssef, a committed Franco-Algerian priest

Eddy Ben Youssef is a committed Franco-Algerian priest.

He received his theological training at the Catholic University of Lyon and at the Catholic Institute of Paris. This clergyman, ordained in 1983, notably studied the Bible in Jerusalem and saw Christ on the cross in churches around the world.

He studied the Koran in Algeria before entering the service of the poorest. Eddy Ben Youssef speaks fluent Arabic and knows the Algerian culture well. In 2009, he went there to do a thesis on interreligious dialogue.

He has returned there several times since, sometimes as a guest of local universities where he gives lectures, sometimes as a guest professor where he gives courses in Muslim theology at the Catholic University of Algiers (UCA).

He strives to circulate the word between religions and cultures thanks to the meetings he organizes around the dialogue between Christians and Muslims: “I am a priest who is not afraid”, he declares.
“We cannot talk about Christianity without going to see what is happening in the Muslim world”

Eddy Ben Youssef: a priest of the Church of France in Algeria

Eddy Ben Youssef is the priest of Saint-Benoît parish in Algiers.

He agreed to answer questions from us a few weeks ago to reveal his view of Algeria and the Catholic Church in Algeria, of which he is one of the main actors.

The life of Eddy Ben Youssef, Franco-Algerian priest

Eddy Ben Youssef is a Franco-Algerian priest who was ordained in 2001.

He trained at the Carmelite seminary in Paris, before going to Algeria where he exercised his ministry for 14 years. Today, he is vicar at the parish of Sainte-Bernadette in Algiers.

He tells us about his life in this country which he knows well and in which he has lived for several years.

The hidden talents of Eddy Ben Youssef, Franco-Algerian priest

Have you ever heard of the Franco-Algerian priest Eddy Ben Youssef? If the answer is no, you might find this article interesting. Eddy Ben Youssef became known in France thanks to an interview published on May 21, 2010 on the information site Rue89, where he spoke of his situation as a Catholic and French priest.

He was born in Algeria on January 2, 1962, more precisely in Oran. He is a former student of the Catholic Institute of Higher Studies (ICES) in La Roche sur Yon.

He was ordained a deacon in 1999 and a priest four years later. In 2000, he became a model priest of the parishes of Sainte Marie Madeleine and Saint Augustin (Paris 9th), before being appointed parish priest of Saint-André de Belleville (Paris 17th). Since 2002, he has served as a curator at the National Service for Relations with Muslims (SNRM), an organization attached to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs. This service is responsible for “approaching young Muslims” so that they can “open up to other cultures and religions”. Eddy Ben Youssef emphasizes that this service “does not replace parents nor is it aimed at aggressive proselytism”.

He also insists on the fact that this work consists of connecting young people with people from other religious denominations so that they can share their faith and break down the barriers that may exist between them.

However, he recognizes that there is still a lot to do for am

The spirituality of Eddy Ben Youssef, Franco-Algerian priest

In Algeria, spirituality is a taboo subject.

The priests do not speak of their faith and the believers are silent. It is in this context that one can understand the attitude of Father Eddy Ben Youssef, a Franco-Algerian priest who decided to abandon himself totally to God.

He was assassinated in full mass in Constantine in 1995. His story shows us how difficult it is to live one’s faith in a very conservative Muslim society where religion rules. However, his humble attitude and his tireless will to live his baptism allowed Eddy Ben Youssef to confront the prejudices and pressures of the Algerian political and religious authorities in order to be able to live one’s faith fully. In France, the father Eddy Ben Youssef was known to be gay and to have actively campaigned for gay rights. During his ministry on Algerian soil, he succeeded in creating a dynamic but always discreet Christian community so that it could escape the constraints of the Algerian religious regime.

He loved Algeria very much where he had spent several years during which he had built a pastoral project which should allow the inhabitants of Constantine (the father’s birthplace) to have access to the Gospel.

The confessions of Eddy Ben Youssef, Franco-Algerian priest

Eddy Ben Youssef is a Franco-Algerian priest who has lived in Marseille for over 40 years.

He founded the Al Azhar Center, an association whose objective is to bring the teaching of the Koran to Muslims and non-Muslims.

He is regularly called upon by the French media for his positions against Islamist terrorism. But what he especially deplores is that the contribution of people of immigrant origin to economic and social development in France is not recognized, even though they have an important role to play in social cohesion.

He talks to us here about his fight for a constructive interreligious dialogue.

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In conclusion, Eddy Ben Youssef is a man who has many qualities, he is a very good player and he is very intelligent. He has a good vision of the game, he knows how to make assists and he can also score goals. He has a lot of room for improvement on his physique, he has to work on all that.