House of Representatives and 2012 Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich.President Donald Trump nominated her to be the United States Ambassador to the Holy See in May 2017, and the United States Senate confirmed the nomination on October 16, 2017.
On December 22, 2017, Gingrich presented her credentials to Pope Francis and officially assumed the duties of United States Ambassador to the Holy See.
She is the 11th U.S.
Ambassador to the Holy See since formal relations were established in 1984 under President Ronald Reagan.