"I don't think it's anti-Catholic," Straughan said of the film, which he adapted from Robert Harris' novel of the same name. "I feel the message is the church always having to re-find its spiritual core, because it deals with so much power. That's always been a difficult balance and it has to constantly go through this."

After “Conclave” screenwriter Peter Straughan earned the Golden Globe for best screenplay on Sunday evening, he took a moment to address Megyn Kelly’s viral rant about the film. While Straughan hadn’t directly heard Kelly’s comments,

"Conclave" screenwriter Peter Straughan stood behind his Golden Globe-winning papal thriller after conservative pundit Megyn Kelly slammed it as "anti-Catholic." The host of "The Megyn Kelly Show" called "Conclave" the "most disgusting anti-Catholic film [she has] seen in a long time" in a post to X Saturday.