Ted Turner formed a $200 million partnership Tuesday with Lutherans and Methodists to fight malaria, apologizing for his past criticism of religion as he announced the effort.
Turner, 69, said he had only made a few disparaging comments a long time ago and that he is "always developing" his thinking as he grows older.
"I regret anything I said about religion that was negative," he said in a brief interview with The Associated Press.

The story went on to say that Turner now says he does not considering himself agnostic or atheist, as he had sometimes described himself previously. He prays for sick friends because "it doesn't hurt."