Vatican experts said the victims of last month’s shooting at a Minneapolis church could one day be included on a list of “new martyrs and witnesses of the faith.”

According to Vance’s office, the vice president and second lady Usha Vance met privately with family members of victims, the pastor of the parish and the school principal. They included the parents of the two children who were killed, Fletcher Merkel, 8, and Harper Moyski, 10, and families of some of the 21 people who were injured.