Margaret Thatcher: Pope Francis sends condolences to Britain Entrusting her soul to the mercy of God, and assuring her family and the British people of a remembrance in his prayers, the Holy Father invokes upon all whose lives she touched, God's abundant blessings. Newspaper in the Pope's homeland of Argentina were less generous. The pro-government Pagina 12 announced that "Galtieri awaits her in hell," referring to the late military dictator who took Argentina to war. He is universally despised in today's democratic Argentina. Columnist Mario Wainfeld wrote in the newspaper: "The decision to sink the General Belgrano was a war crime, made by the leader of an empire used to committing them." Cronica, also pro-grovernment, headlined its story "The Iron Lady, sunk." She won't be remembered as somebody who contributed to world peace. She had the opportunity to stop the war, but sank the Belgrano, outside the exclusion zone, to intensify the conflict," Mario Volpe, president of a veterans group, told the newspaper. The largest circulation newspaper, Clarin, wrote that Mrs Thatcher's legacy "is as controversial as her government, which let a kingdom divided" in a piece headlined: "Thatcher, the imperial symbol of the Falklands War." "Margaret Thatcher: She defined an era, left a wound" was the headline in La Nacion. An obituary added: "Everything would change on April 2, 1982 ...