After studying at a Jesuit college and studying for a law doctorate at the Université catholique de Louvain, Degrelle worked as a journalist for the conservative Roman Catholic periodical Christus Rex.
Nakon studiranja na jezuitskom fakultetu i nedovršenog studija prava na Université catholique de Louvain, Degrelle je radio kao novinar za konzervativne katoličke novine Christus Rex.