Who is Fr. Vincenzo Giuliani, S.J. from Children of God: A Novel and what is their importance? Children_of_God_(novel) English & Literature "Fr. Vincenzo Giuliani

The Father General of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), Vincenzo is also a member of the crime syndicate family that controls Milan, Italy. He is born to wealth and power and trained in history and politics. As the novel opens he is a young seventy-nine, charged with convincing protagonist Emilio Sandoz to confront the the severe physical and mental problems that stem from his torture and rape on the planet Rakhat.