Pope Francis and the Falkland Islands - a conflict of interests?

The newly-elected Pope, Francis, 

could be on a head-on collison course with Britain,

over the much disputed South-Atlantic Falkland (Maldivas) Islands.

The Pope faces a diplomatic headache in the form of a request
by his compatriot, President Cristina Kirchner, of Argetina,
to mediate in the conflict between Britain and Argentina, 
about the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.

In a recent referendum held on the Island,
ONLY 3 people of the island's entire population, 

voted against the islands 

being part of the British Crown.

Pope Francis, however, as archbishop of Buenos Aires, 

frequently defended Argentinian dominion over the Falklands, 

describing them as part of the Argentinian homeland.

After the 1982 war, following Argentina's invasion of the Islands, 

the now Pope, presided over religious ceremonies

to commemorate Argentinian soldiers who died in the war on the islands.

The British PM, David Cameron, took less than 48 hours 

after the election of Francis as the new Catholic Pope to make it clear that 

the recent referendum in the Falklands should be respected.

Cameron said: 

"There was a pretty extraordinarily clear referendum 

in the Falkland Islands, 

and I think that is a message to everyone in the world, 

that the people of these islands

have chosen very clearly the future they want 

and that choice should be respected by everyone."

Pope Francis, as archbishop of Buenos Aires, 

said at a mass on the 30th anniversary of the war, last year, 

that the Argentinian force who died following the invasion,

"went out to defend their mother, their homeland 

and to claim what is theirs". He described the British re-conquest 

under Margaret Thatcher's goverment as

"usurpation!"