Pope Leo's decision to live in the Apostolic Palace with a small community of his fellow Augustinians is a brilliant move and, IMO, indicates how he will combine continuity with his predecessor while, at the same time putting a fresh spin on it.
So Francis rejected the Apostolic Palace in what many perceived as a bit of showy poverty. Leo moves back in, but brings the simplicity and authenticity of Catholic religious life into the Apostolic Palace.
In doing so he affirms Francis' well intentioned move away from what many saw as the grandeur of the papacy but also affirms the tradition of living where the popes have always lived, but in apostolic simplicity of Augustinian religious life.
This not only shows that Leo is pretty smart and capable of thinking outside the box. It also indicates a truly Catholic approach: affirming what is good while positively and creatively correcting what may have been misleading or untrue. I like it, and it exhibits my favorite life changing dictum...
"A man is most often right in what he affirms and wrong in what he denies." So Francis was right in affirming apostolic simplicity. He was wrong in denying the apostolic palace. Leo cleverly affirms both. Neat.
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