Padre Pio PWNS the Marvel Universe

Today is the Feast of St. Pio. Lots of great things have been said of him and written about him. But, no one, until now, can show just how he can TAKE ON THE MARVEL UNIVERSE! Read and prepare to be AMAZED!!!

ROUND 1: PROFESSOR XAVIER v. PADRE PIO MIND CONTROL

Professor X



Padre Pio



 Professor X: from Marvel.com- Professor X is a mutant who possesses vast psionic powers, making him arguably the world's most powerful telepath. He can read minds and project his own thoughts into the minds of others within a radius of approximately 250 miles. With extreme effort, he can greatly extend that radius. Professor X can also psionically manipulate the minds of others, for example to make himself seem invisible, and project illusions into them.

Padre Pio: from padrepio.catholicwebservices.com-A spiritual son of Padre Pio who lived in Rome omitted out of shame to make his customary small reverence when he passed near to a church in the company of some friends. Suddenly he heard Padre Pio’s voice saying: “Coward!” After a few days he went to San Giovanni Rotondo, where he was reproached by Padre Pio: “Be careful! This time I have only scolded you; next time I will give you a slap.”

WIN: Padre Pio- he's the slapper. X is the slapp-y.









ROUND 2: DOCTOR STRANGE v. PADRE PIO ASTRAL PROJECTION and LEVITATION

Dr Strange

Padre Pio

Doctor Strange:from Marvel.com Doctor Strange is one of the most powerful sorcerers in existence. Like most sorcerers, he draws his power from three primary sources: the invocation of powerful mystic entities or objects, the manipulation of the universe's ambient magical energy, and his own psychic resources.

Padre Pio: from acatholiclife.blogspot.com-On one occasion, St. Padre Pio levitated through the air in order to reach the Confessional without being seen and stopped. He immediately began to receive penitents. A man in the church was amazed how the priest had gotten to the confessional because so many people were outside of his door waiting to talk with him. St. Padre Pio said to him that God made him invisible and he walked on their heads to the confessional.
WIN: Padre Pio: Although both have snappy vestments, Pio does not wear Danskins. Oh, and he doesn't consort with the dark occult forces either.

ROUND 3: NIGHTCRAWLER v PADRE PIO BILOCATION

Nightcrawler

Padre Pio

Nightcrawler: from Marvel.com-Nightcrawler is a mutant who can teleport by opening a portal into another dimension, travelling through it via an unconscious direction-finding sense, and returning to his own dimension. When teleporting, Nightcrawler leaves behind a small portion of the atmosphere of the other dimension that escapes with a muffled “bamf” sound and smells of brimstone.

Padre Pio: from pdtsigns.com- Padre Pio allegedly put in an appearance at the canonization of St.Therese of Lisieux in 1925," writes the minister, Bernard Ruffin. "Within the Mass, however, Padre Pio admitted to an intense mystical involvement with the unseen world. He apparently saw, as in a vision, the entire Passion, and actually felt, physically, the wounds of Jesus. "
WIN: Padre Pio: Both Nightcrawler and Pio are priests (seriously, I am not making it up about a made-up character) and both can teleport but one smells like old rotten eggs the other, roses (not making it up).







FINAL BATTLE: WOLVERINE v PADRE PIO BLOODY HANDS

Wolverine

Padre Pio

Padre Pio: from michaeljournal.org-The crucifix in the choir, he said, had transformed itself into the Being. The hands, feet, and side of the Being were dripping blood. And the countenance terrified Pio. “From Him there came forth beams of light with shafts of flame that wounded me in the hands and feet. My side had already been wounded on the fifth of August of the same year.”
Wolverine: from Marvel.com-Wolverine’s skeleton includes six retractable one-foot long bone claws, three in each arm, that are housed beneath the skin and muscle of his forearms. Wolverine can, at will, release these slightly curved claws through his skin beneath the knuckles on each hand. The skin between the knuckles tears and bleeds, but the blood loss is quickly halted by his healing factor.

Which is cooler...adamantium claws forged onto a near invincible skeleton that can cause unheard of damage or welts that pour forth blood like Christ himself, especially during the sacrifice of Mass?

However, both men have indestructible bodies, so I'm calling for a beauty contest.

Padre Pio (uncorrupted after 43 years)

Wolverine...seriously, still living as a skeleton

WIN: Padre Pio! Come on...a skeleton? So fake.