eek, truecatholic.org ... in this case it's accurate, but I wouldn't trust much of anything on that site. Those people are very similar to the infamous brand of "catholicism" practiced by Mel Gibson and his father (in fact, it may be one and the same, but I'm not sure).
Anyway, I'm not sure if anyone has actually ever turned it down. Again, you have to put yourself in their mindset - being Pope is not something one chooses to do, it's something one is "called" to do. This mindset is displayed quite well, I think, in this paragraph:
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Speaking in his native tongue, Benedict told the audience that at one point during the conclave, when it became clear he was garnering many votes, a fellow cardinal slipped him a note reminding him what he had preached before the conclave about Christ calling Peter to follow him even where he did not want to go.
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