In MTW 1, one could see that a particular faction is excommunicated by the look of crosses on the profiles of the generals of that faction, broken crosses indicating the faction has been excommunicated.

I have not found a reliable way to do that in MTW 2 yet other than trying to remember/write down whenever the Pope excommunicates someone or reconciles with them, which can become painful if a few days pass since the last game.

The Pope-o meter has proven not to be a reliable tool since some factions are not actually excommunicated while the meter is at zero. The opposite holds true too - some factions have one or two bars of positivie Pope's attitude while still excommunicated.

Anybody has noticed some other way to tell?