Pope Leo XIV is moving into the newly renovated papal apartment in the Apostolic Palace. The Vatican said Leo would be joined in the papal apartment by his closest aides. While previous popes lived there, Pope Francis famously chose not to live in the flat, preferring instead to live in the Vatican hotel. After he was elected last May, Leo had continued living in his small apartment in the Vatican’s Sant’Uffizi palace. Over the ensuing 10 months, the Vatican undertook extensive renovations to the papal apartment. It was in dire need of an update because it hadn’t been used during Francis’ 12-year papacy.