Now in its sixth generation of family ownership and with perhaps the best location in all of Rome, the Hassler still has the welcoming feel of a family-run hotel – albeit a very fancy one.

with the Vatican secretary of state praying over him in the chapel of the Domus Santa Marta hotel where he lived.

(CNN) — When the newly elected Pope Francis returned to the front desk of his hotel in Rome to personally settle his bill a day after being introduced to cheering crowds in St. Peter’s Square ...

Cardinal Kevin Farrell, who is running the Vatican administration until a new pope is elected, presided over the solemn ceremony in the chapel of the Domus Santa Marta hotel where Francis lived.

To say it’s an embarrassment of riches is no pun. The luxury hotel scene in Rome is dazzling, rapidly growing, and even bewildering in its abundance of offerings, with more than 70 five-star hotels in ...

He is currently lying in state in the Santa Marta Domus in a private viewing for Vatican residents and the papal household.

Francis, who is recovering from a near-fatal bout of pneumonia, received Vance in one of the reception rooms of the Vatican hotel where he ... a few minutes at the Domus Santa Marta “to exchange ...

with the Vatican secretary of state praying over him in the chapel of the Domus Santa Marta hotel where he lived and died. In his final will, Francis said he wanted to be buried at St. Mary Major ...