Can One Be a National Socialist and a Bona Fide Catholic?

New blog on the kid: Can One Be a National Socialist and a Bona Fide Catholic? · Φιλολoγικά/Philologica: Can One be Austro-Fascist and Bona Fide Catholic?

I know one who qualifies as both.

But normally, no.

One cannot endorse the entire programme of the NSDAP and be a Catholic, and I'm not sure one can endorse the entire programme of ČSNS and be a Catholic either. ČSNS took inspiration from John Hus. The earliest attempts at making the party later known as NSDAP also started in Bohemia (in opposition to the Habsburg monarchy) by one Rudolf Jung. It's somewhat quirky if one Carl Jung tried to trace National Socialism to the cult (or the archetype even) of Odin, and National Socialism in the German form actually traces to a Jung.

Can one follow National Socialists on Social Media and be a Bona Fide Catholic?

I think one can, provided one has a certain capacity to take a distance.

As I'm doing here from a comment by Mark Shea.*

So, for instance, when the extremely public Catholic Vice President of the United States lets the world know he is following Nazis on social media, that is not an accident. It’s a signal, not least to other Catholics, of his contempt for the Faith and his will to use it as a means to satanic power, not to obey it. If you take him seriously as a disciple of Christ instead of an antichrist enemy, you are a fool.

I don't think the power of the state is inherently a satanic thing. Sure, Satan bragged about having it in his hands and Jesus did not contradict him on that, but that was before the Crucifixion.

I also don't think the power of the state becomes a satanic thing if a statesman takes a look or two at a National Socialist's social media.

And I also don't think a man who's disagreeing with Mark Shea is automatically using the faith as a means. Besides, if that were the case, a Catechist need not exclude him for that. I recall a certain King thought Paris could be worth a Mass. St. Francis of Sales made sure he was a better Catholic before Ravaillac killed him than at the moment of conversion.

This said, I think the deportation policy has long taken an inacceptable toll on social peace in the US, and the Vice President might want to advice the President on admitting that election promise failed.

Meanwhile, some Swedish National Socialists (no, not the Catholic one) recently on their publication invited in a guest writer who reviewed Crossroads of Ravens by Sapkowski.**

Hans Georg Lundahl
Paris
St. Tatiana of Rome
12.I.2026

Romae sanctae Tatianae Martyris, quae, sub Alexandro Imperatore, uncis atque pectinibus laniata, bestiis exposita et in ignem missa, sed nil laesa, demum, gladio percussa, migravit in caelum.

* Advice for whoever is designing catechesis
January 8, 2026 | Stumbling Toward Heaven
https://markpshea.com/2026/01/08/advice-for-whoever-is-designing-catechesis/

** https://nordfront.se/crossroads-of-ravens

The Guest Writer is more impressed by Sapkowski than by Netflix. Crossroads of Ravens is a second prequel before the five books in The Witcher series. I think I share their views on Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf.