Editor’s Note: I am often asked what it would cost to purchase a monastery. But rarely does one come on the market, as now, which makes it hard to name a price. Many religious communities are being run out of existence by staff members of Pope Francis who are trying desperately to raise enough money for the balance sheet of the Vatican, which has declined steadily since 2013. — Here is a case in which the monastery was previously a hotel, not a convent: many images to contemplate.