TOTAL circulation of 610 Catholic periodicals listed in the 1961-64 Catholic Press Directory, official reference volume on the Catholic press in Englishspeaking North America, reached an all-time high of 28,847,343 at the beginning of 1963.
Figures in the new directory show a circulation increase among newspapers of 241,091, the largest part of this increase (215,920) being reflected in U.S. papers. Total newspaper circulation in the U.S. is now 5,521,132, an increase of slightly more than four per cent over the 1961 year-end figure contained in last year's directory. The North American total is 5,760.486.