Overview

• Restoration of the third‑floor Apostolic Palace apartment is in its final phase, with the move expected within a few weeks, according to reports.
• He plans to live with a small community of Augustinian brothers, a living arrangement described as without precedent in modern Vatican practice since 1870.
• Media outlets report that likely companions include members of the Vatican Sacristy—an Italian, a Filipino, and a Nigerian—along with his Peruvian private secretary, Edgar Rimaycuna, though names have not been officially confirmed.
• The apartment required extensive work after more than a decade largely unused, with humidity damage worsening during the years when Pope Francis resided at Casa Santa Marta.
• León XIV, a former Augustinian prior general, has said he will not renounce being an Augustinian, and he is preparing his first encyclical on social justice in a nod to the legacy of Leo XIII.